#gluepot — Public Fediverse posts
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The Glue Pot, Swindon Railway Village
#photography #GluePot #RailwayVillage #Swindon -
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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I just spent three nights camping at #BirdLife Australia's #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee of #SouthAustralia.
Tenperatures were reaching 37/38 C, and it's very dry there. The reserve has a small dam, but no other open water. The #MurrayRiver is about 40 km to the south.
But the #insects that appeared at night were primarily #freshwater species - lots of #CaddisFlies (#Trichoptera), #Chironomidae and #BackSwimmers (#Notonectidae).
This video shows the insects attracted to a #LepiLED UV light. If these mostly originated down at the river, the insect #biomass streaming up across this region (wind-blown?) is absolutely staggering.
There were also LOTS of #microbats everywhere, and the stars were incredible.