#neuroptera — Public Fediverse posts

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)

#entomology #Australia

Two shots from #AutomatedMothTrap, Canberra ACT, 2022-12-12 02:57, 03:41

Image 1 includes:

First #stonefly (#Plecoptera) I've noticed on the sheet

#HawkMoth #Hippotion scrofa

#PlumeMoth #Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Pink-winged #Geometridae #Arhodia lasiocamparia

Tiny striped #GrassMoth #Scoparia spelaea

#Derbidae #Planthopper #Saccharodite chrysonoe

Other #Lepidoptera (Geometridae, #Oecophoridae, #Crambidae #Pyralidae), #Trichoptera, #Neuroptera, #Diptera and #Hemiptera

#entomology