A Bug for Dan

[John53]

Not an insect, some kind of millipede. I discovered Australia has over 2,000 types of millipede so with my lack of knowledge of millipedes I doubt if I'd ever ID it.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Not an insect, some kind of millipede. I discovered Australia has over 2,000 types of millipede so with my lack of knowledge of millipedes I doubt if I'd ever ID it.

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We are equals in that. I couldn't name a genus of millipede off the top of my head. Certainly not likely to come up with even a remotely close ID.

 

[John53]

No idea what it is but I find the photo interesting because the web barely shows.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

No idea what it is but I find the photo interesting because the web barely shows.

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All I can say is orb weaver on the ID, but I agree. It looks cool without the web being visible. I can just see a little of it in the 2nd photo where the probable mosquito is hung up. Event then, it still looks like it is flying along.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

No idea what it is but I find the photo interesting because the web barely shows.

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I tried to picture key it with Google. I thought maybe those projections on the abdomen might set it apart, but I couldn't come up with anything even close using "common orb weavers of Australia" as a search term.

 

[John53]

An ant I saw in the campground. I didn't notice the hair until I got the pics off the camera. Maybe some kind of carpenter? I just noticed there's something on its right rear leg. I wonder if it could be a parasite or maybe just debris it's picked up.

 

[John53]

A couple of Dragon Fly. The first one comes up as a Blue Skimmer but they seem to be a Northern Hemisphere species. I think the red one is a Scarlet Percher Diplacodes Haematodes.

 

[John53]

A grasshopper maybe Gastrimargus Musicus. It's a bit out of focus. It rained up there one night and there were millions of them about after that. The car was covered in them.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

An ant I saw in the campground. I didn't notice the hair until I got the pics off the camera. Maybe some kind of carpenter? I just noticed there's something on its right rear leg. I wonder if it could be a parasite or maybe just debris it's picked up.

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It is probably a mite. Looks like it from the bottom picture. Mites often hitch rides on insects. In fact, there are a few things things that will hitch a ride on insects. Pseudoscorpions hitch rides on beetles.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

A couple of Dragon Fly. The first one comes up as a Blue Skimmer but they seem to be a Northern Hemisphere species. I think the red one is a Scarlet Percher Diplacodes Haematodes.

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Awesome pictures!