#antlion — Public Fediverse posts
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Four #insects from the weekend at #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee in #SouthAustralia
#Grasshopper (#Orthoptera) in the genus Pardillana - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/528093-Pardillana
Merimna atrata, a Jewel #Beetle (#Buprestidae, #Coleoptera)
#Antlion (#Myrmelontidae, #Neuroptera, perhaps Bandidus)
#OwlFly (#Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera) in the genus Suhpalacsa (which spells Ascalaphus backwards)
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Four #insects from the weekend at #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee in #SouthAustralia
#Grasshopper (#Orthoptera) in the genus Pardillana - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/528093-Pardillana
Merimna atrata, a Jewel #Beetle (#Buprestidae, #Coleoptera)
#Antlion (#Myrmelontidae, #Neuroptera, perhaps Bandidus)
#OwlFly (#Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera) in the genus Suhpalacsa (which spells Ascalaphus backwards)
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Four #insects from the weekend at #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee in #SouthAustralia
#Grasshopper (#Orthoptera) in the genus Pardillana - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/528093-Pardillana
Merimna atrata, a Jewel #Beetle (#Buprestidae, #Coleoptera)
#Antlion (#Myrmelontidae, #Neuroptera, perhaps Bandidus)
#OwlFly (#Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera) in the genus Suhpalacsa (which spells Ascalaphus backwards)
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Four #insects from the weekend at #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee in #SouthAustralia
#Grasshopper (#Orthoptera) in the genus Pardillana - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/528093-Pardillana
Merimna atrata, a Jewel #Beetle (#Buprestidae, #Coleoptera)
#Antlion (#Myrmelontidae, #Neuroptera, perhaps Bandidus)
#OwlFly (#Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera) in the genus Suhpalacsa (which spells Ascalaphus backwards)
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Four #insects from the weekend at #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee in #SouthAustralia
#Grasshopper (#Orthoptera) in the genus Pardillana - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/528093-Pardillana
Merimna atrata, a Jewel #Beetle (#Buprestidae, #Coleoptera)
#Antlion (#Myrmelontidae, #Neuroptera, perhaps Bandidus)
#OwlFly (#Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera) in the genus Suhpalacsa (which spells Ascalaphus backwards)
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Usually I choose 1 subject to draw each week in my Perpetual Journal but recently I had *2* cool subjects I couldn’t decide between so I drew both: a Black-headed Grosbeak & an Antlion.
#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #NativePlants #biodiversity #environment #ecosystem #nature #milkweed #arthropod #antlion #entomology #bug #bugs #bugstodon #mite #bird #birds #birding #BirdsOfMastodon #grosbeak
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Four more insects from putting a #LepiLED UV light out at Wilpena Pound in the Ikara-Flinders National Park, South Australia, 8 December 2023:
#Shieldbug Coleotichus costatus
#Grasshopper Pardillana limbata
#Antlion Heoclisus fundata
#ChristmasBeetle Anoplognathus narmarus -
Four more insects from putting a #LepiLED UV light out at Wilpena Pound in the Ikara-Flinders National Park, South Australia, 8 December 2023:
#Shieldbug Coleotichus costatus
#Grasshopper Pardillana limbata
#Antlion Heoclisus fundata
#ChristmasBeetle Anoplognathus narmarus -
Four more insects from putting a #LepiLED UV light out at Wilpena Pound in the Ikara-Flinders National Park, South Australia, 8 December 2023:
#Shieldbug Coleotichus costatus
#Grasshopper Pardillana limbata
#Antlion Heoclisus fundata
#ChristmasBeetle Anoplognathus narmarus -
Four more insects from putting a #LepiLED UV light out at Wilpena Pound in the Ikara-Flinders National Park, South Australia, 8 December 2023:
#Shieldbug Coleotichus costatus
#Grasshopper Pardillana limbata
#Antlion Heoclisus fundata
#ChristmasBeetle Anoplognathus narmarus -
Four more insects from putting a #LepiLED UV light out at Wilpena Pound in the Ikara-Flinders National Park, South Australia, 8 December 2023:
#Shieldbug Coleotichus costatus
#Grasshopper Pardillana limbata
#Antlion Heoclisus fundata
#ChristmasBeetle Anoplognathus narmarus -
https://lateboomersden.blog/2023/05/26/ants-vs-ant-lions-what-comes-around-goes-around/
Just a little nature nostalgia about my 5th grade teacher's science demonstration and a really cool insect we used to take for granted. I miss the little critters I used to find as a kid growing up in the country.
#Nature, #Science,#antlion, #biology, #doodlebug, #Sarlacc