Advertisement · 728 × 90
#
Hashtag
#AustralianInverts
Advertisement · 728 × 90
A large orange lacewing, with perfect fairy wings, is perched upside down on a bright green fine leafed plant covered in tiny deep pink flowers.

A large orange lacewing, with perfect fairy wings, is perched upside down on a bright green fine leafed plant covered in tiny deep pink flowers.

Joined for lunch today by this gorgeous ##GardenFriend - Nymphes myrmeleonides (aka the Giant orange lacewing). It's not at all surprising folks believed in fairies.
#AustralianInverts
#BugSky

14 1 1 0
Pic is focused on a black and bright blue weevil resting on a fine, leafy, green branch.

Pic is focused on a black and bright blue weevil resting on a fine, leafy, green branch.

Today's #GardenFriend
Chrysolopus spectabilis (aka: sapphire/diamond/Botany Bay weevil).
Rescued from a pond and now drying out on a small Acacia paradoxa.
#AustralianInverts

4 0 0 0
Pic is of an Australian christmas beetle -  a fawn scarab beetle which in the light shines pink and gold. A little jewel.
It is sitting quietly on an old timber table.

Pic is of an Australian christmas beetle - a fawn scarab beetle which in the light shines pink and gold. A little jewel. It is sitting quietly on an old timber table.

This evening's #GardenFriend and a sure sign summer is round the corner.
#AustralianInverts
#Beetles

11 1 0 1