Exploring Brimbank Park

A few weeks ago I decided to make more of an effort to explore Brimbank Park. It's quite close to home, but I hardly ever go there. I've been focusing on trying to see what insects and spiders I can find, and to my surprise, I've found quite a few! Here's some of the more interesting finds from several visits of the past few weeks.

Black Flower Wasp (Austroscolia soror)

Laeviscolia frontalis frontalis

Abispa sp.

Spider Wasp, possibly Cryptocheilus sp.

Spider Wasp

Brown Darkling Beetle (Ecnolagria grandis)

Fiddler Beetle (Eupoecila australasiae)

Long-nosed Lycid Beetle (Porrostoma rhipidium)

Scrobiger splendidus

Weevil

Weevil

Notius depressus

Dictyotus conspicuus

Eurymeloides punctata

Sheoak Moth (Pernattia pusilla)

Trichiocercus sparshalli

Spectrotrota fimbrialis

Dysbatus sp.

Two-tailed Spider (Tamopsis sp.)

Two-tailed Spider (Tamopsis sp.)

Thanks to all the wonderful people at NatureShare from some of the IDs.

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Passionvine Hopper

I got very lucky photographing a Passionvine Hopper (Scolypopa australis) recently. It was one of those rare occasionas where a photo went completely according to plan!

Passionvine Hopper (Scolypopa australis