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JimL wrote:
30 Mar 2025
Marine Invertebrate! Class One Clown...
Looking on the big screen, it is a hard see capsule of a kind.
The fourth photo shows it best.
I will put that down to heat stroke on the day!
Eucalyptus sp.
ibaird wrote:
30 Mar 2025
Looking at Bold Systems 4, I don't think E. phoeneura (northern Australia) or E. signata(southern Ausytralia) seem to match. However, a search for 'Epicoma Tasmania; revealed many specimens for E. melanospila which I suggest match well, including examples with broad black forewing margins, yellow highlights and a prominent white 'face'..
Epicoma melanospila
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
27 Mar 2025
An egg of this species.
Zearaja maugeana
DiBickers wrote:
23 Mar 2025
Moving across to Thynnidae (under Flower Wasp category & removing Thynnidae from under Other Wasps category)
Thynnidae Family
donhe wrote:
20 Mar 2025
I think I see a pair of white tufts behind the thorax which is diagnostic.
Anthela varia

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