Antlion

 

Loitering

Outside the Museum toilets, while I was whistling with the butcherbirds again.

Damselfly

 

Beetles

 

Beatle

 

Larvae

Copulating Crusaders

Crusader Bugs procreating in my backyard.

No wonder they're called Mictis profana!

Soil burrowing cockroach

As I was driving to Matong State Forest yesterday, I kept seeing these black shiny things moving across Deepwater Road.

It's a soil burrowing cockroach (Geoscapheus dilatatus) and about 5cm long.

They live underground in sandy soils, constructing burrows to a depth of around one metre.

Apparently they are only seen on the ground surface following rain.

There had been 15-20mm on the weekend, so there were many puddles on the road.

Christmas Beetle

Ladybird

Katydid

Christmas beatles

Backyard bug

Found next to my bed

Centipede

Cicada shell

Don't bogart that roach, my fiend

Beach bug

Praying at my backdoor

Christmas beetle