Australia, Northern Territories

64. Unknown Moth. Mataranka Homestead, NT, Australia. April 2010

65. Unknown Moth. Mataranka Homestead, NT, Australia. April 2010

And that's it! I don't have moths or moths in my archives anymore. Result:

403-images
63 - Identified Flying Objects
62-UFOs

Moths

Maybe something else will be recognized - I will be happy, I am always ready to correct and sign the images in a new way.

47. Euclasta splendidalis. Mataranka Homestead, NT, Australia. April 2010

Or Euclasta splendidalis, or something very close.

It seems that only two invasive Euclasta species have been registered in Australia:
E. gigantalis and E. maceratalis . In my opinion 47 and 49 Euclasta gigantalis

It seems that only two invasive Euclasta species have been registered in Australia:
E. gigantalis and E. maceratalis . In my opinion 47 and 49 Euclasta gigantalis

Fix for Euclasta gigantalis? I'll do it now!

I've come to complain about beetles again! They don't exist!

We then changed the apartment to a house, the house was attached to the back yard covered with a thick layer of dry leaves, which no one had disturbed for at least six months. That's where I expected that under the leaves there will be something like that-creeping or flying. There was nothing but ants and termites. There was a snake skin and the skull of a rodent, but not a single one of the beetles that filled it up!

I keep the lights on and the mosquito nets open, waiting for someone to report. Big cockroaches fly in regularly, so I always have my big bag with me, the size of these cockroaches is such that only a very large net can catch them. I have learned not to squeal at the sight of a flying cockroach, I think that this is the achievement of the year.

There are absolutely no dragonflies in this area, which is a pity, I really like them. Night moths fly in sometimes, but then they fly away, do not linger. I bought a trap with a solar-powered flashlight, maybe someone will get there at night.

This post was edited by Ele-W-07.10.2015 04: 25

So far, there is only such a mustache. Large, but I packed the ruler so well when moving that I still can't find it, so the size is "by eye" - 3-4 cm from nose to tail, plus a mustache.

Cerambycin from the genus Pachydissus.



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Cerambycin from the genus Pachydissus.

Agent El reports that not a single bug was caught in a special solar-powered jar, although the jar glows regularly at night and seems to invite, but alas.

In the house, too, no one but mosquitoes do not fly in, although the doors are constantly open.

Yesterday I was moving pots of tomatoes and under one pot I saw a super cockroach! It was chocolate and orange striped. Oh, I'm afraid of cockroaches, but then I admired while I was admiring, a cockroach fell over the fence to the neighbors. But I believe that he will return and I keep my camera handy. And in addition to the super cockroach, only small gray woodlice were found under the pots, they run very fast, so there will be no pictures.

Not like this?

Not like this?

No, not like that. Brighter! And the shape is different, smoother. All so shiny.

Obviously, this is Polyzosteriinae, a subfamily of Blattidae. Caution! Many cockroaches from this group emit or even spray smelly and corrosive substances. Just in case, do not bring it to your face.

Obviously, this is Polyzosteriinae, a subfamily of Blattidae. Caution! Many cockroaches from this group emit or even spray smelly and corrosive substances. Just in case, do not bring it to your face.

Oh, thank you for saying that! I used to be scared to death of them before, and now, um ... it's impossible to be more afraid, but I'll try to pull myself together. What is there "to the face", the camera would not drop.

Happy New Year!

Euploea core, Common Australian Crow Butterfly, Oleander Crow. George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, NT, Australia. January 2016

Agent El reports that not a single bug was caught in a special solar-powered jar, although the jar glows regularly at night and seems to invite, but alas

Elle, Happy New Year! I read your messages with interest and admire the excellent quality of your photos. At the same time, it is surprising that you have very little light flying: so it does not happen that one order was many (Blatoptera), and others - a little. Biodiversity is either there or not. Especially since we are talking about the Northern Territories... Read the section of the forum "Features of fishing in the light", you clearly need to use ultraviolet light and, since you have a private territory, and probably a fence, you need to hang the UV lamp higher, and at the bottom - the usual illumination, so that the catch goes down. Traps are very effective (with UV lamps), but should not be blocked by fences, trees, etc. Experiment and everything will work out.

Elle, Happy New Year! I read your messages with interest and admire the excellent quality of your photos.

Happy New Year! And thank you for your kind words!

I went for a walk near the sea, I only had a small "soap box"with me. I saw on the dry grass a strange animation of some flying machines. It looks like bees.

Fannie Bay, Darwin, NT, Australia. December 2015



This post was edited by Ele-W-05.01.2016 05: 05

And with a flash to get a better look.

The cockroach I was talking about! Drowned in the pool, so I got a fresh and whole cockroach carcass. However, in live form it is bright, almost orange, and dead-just reddish-brown.

The cockroach I was talking about! Drowned in the pool, so I got a fresh and whole cockroach carcass. However, in live form it is bright, almost orange, and dead-just reddish-brown.

It is the larva of the South Asian cockroach Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775).
It is often referred to as the "Australian" cockroach, which is completely wrong.

It is the larva of the South Asian cockroach Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775).
It is often referred to as the "Australian" cockroach, which is completely wrong.

A larva? (googled it) It is clear now from whom then grow those who make me have to keep a big net in the bedroom! They are very big and scary after all.

A larva? (googled it) It is clear now from whom then grow those who make me have to keep a big net in the bedroom! They are very big and scary after all.

Hmm, what's so scary about them? Among cockroaches there are very cute species... Well, yes, they run fast, make a fuss, hide, encroach on food. And unless only they (remember all sorts of mice)? So do not leave food open, and there will be no one to eat. Do not leave leaking taps, and there will be no cockroaches (they can not go without water for a long time).
The reality is that not only cockroaches such as the South Asian cockroach or the similar American cockroach (by the way, it is also from South Asia by origin), but also larger Madagascar cockroaches and even huge blaberus are not capable of causing a person the slightest harm. They say that cockroaches carry all sorts of infection. But so far, no one has documented this fact...
For me, blattophobia is akin to, for example, batrachophobia... Frogs, too, can do no harm to humans (unless, of course, they eat some tree climbers alive), and how many ladies are afraid of them to the point of piggy squeal...

Hmm, what's so scary about them?

I'm just afraid of them. And they fly to the light in the evening, if I forget to close the mosquito nets. We have to catch them with a net and send them back to the garden.

By the way, they put a cockroach in my hands. I left it on a napkin to dry, so that I could take a slow and beautiful picture of it later, since it died anyway. But, apparently, the birds were tempted-they stole it, only an empty napkin remained.

A moth paid a visit to the backyard. I don't know the name.

Darwin, NT, Australia. February 2016

And in the compost box at night, it turns out to be bustling with life. True, everyone immediately runs away and hides. I managed to catch the slowest ones.

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Can anyone tell you the name of the moth? You are welcome! I need to sign it somehow in the album, I don't want to leave it nameless.

61. Unknown Moth. Mataranka Homestead, NT, Australia. April 2010

I see a cool weevil

A moth paid a visit to the backyard. I don't know the name.

Darwin, NT, Australia. February 2016

Is this by any chance Pygospila tyres (Cramer, 1780)?
I found this site
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/
I think it will help you a lot in the future

I see a cool weevil

They are larger, and you can see them better in other images.

Signed:
Apionidae. Mataranka Homestead , NT, Australia. April 2010

Is this by any chance Pygospila tyres (Cramer, 1780)?

Very similar, thank you. I wish it had occurred to me to ask a moth to spread its wings, it would have been beautiful.

61. Unknown Moth. Mataranka Homestead, NT, Australia. April 2010

I found this one on the site that I mentioned above in the NOLIDAE of Australia
, Charactera vallata (Meyrick, 1902)
Her?

Drowned people from the pool.

It's an ant, right?

Very similar, thank you. I wish it had occurred to me to ask a moth to spread its wings, it would have been beautiful.
I saved it to my bookmarks. But I'm afraid that it's dangerous for me to go there, I fall into nirvana from such sites and can endlessly wander through the pictures looking at and admiring. Practical benefits are exactly zero, but a lot of fun.

You won't
have to wander around the family for a long time, and the benefits will be great

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