Green Tree Ant

This Green tree ant (Oecophylla smaragdina) stopped to pose for a photo at Airlie beach.

Nikon d70 : 1/125 : f/6.3 : 90mm : iso400

Brown Thornbill

Another shot from Mt Coot-tha. The Brown Thornbill is from the "red-eye" family of thornbills. They like to hang out with warblers, silvereyes and honeyeaters.

Nikon d70 : 1/125 : f/5.6 : 300mm : iso200

Blue Tiger

The Blue Tiger (Tirumala hamata) is rare in Brisbane, except every couple of years when large migrations of adults pass through town. Must be one of those years. Lucky me!

Unknown Bug

I've been night walking again. Spotted this small bug (5mm) on a stem of wild grass.

Nikon d70 : 1/60 : f/10 : 90mm : iso200

Wanderer

The Wanderer came to our shores in 1871, from North America, where it is known as the Monarch.

Nikon d70 : 1/1250 : f/5.6 : 300mm : iso200

Night Prowler

One of the many spiders I saw last week at Mt Coot-tha in the dark of night. Tought it would be a fun photo for today. Sweet dreams!

Nikon d70 : 1/60 : f/8 : 90mm : iso200

Juvenile Red-browed Finch

Part of the "firetail" family of finches, this juvenile hasn't yet developed its red eyebrow feathers. There was a flock darting back and forth of the walking track in Brisbane Forest Park.

Nikon d70 : 1/80 : f/5.6 : 300mm : iso200

Eastern Water Skink

After walking the dog past these skinks for the last few weeks, I finally got around to taking my camera with me today get a shot.

Nikon d70 : 1/125 : f/5.6 : 300mm : iso200

Butterfly Pupa

I haven't been able to ID the Butterfly that this pupa will turn into. There weren't too many images that I could find to compare it to. Maybe someone could drop me a line if you know.

Nikon d70 : 1/250 : f/4 : 90mm : iso200

Wolf Spider

Found a couple of these female Wolf Spiders (family LYCOSIDAE) while spotlighting at Mt Coot-tha. This one is carrying her young on her abdomen. It is a roving spider, building retreats in shrubs, or, like this one, building trapdoors.

Nikon d70 : 1/60 : f/14 : 90mm : iso200

Red-necked Wallaby

You can often seen these guys at sunset as you turn from the Ipswich highway onto the Centenary Highway coming into Brisbane.

Nikon d70 : 1/200 : f/8 : 300mm : iso200

Golden-eyed Lacewing

I think this is Itaochrysa insignis, from the "Green" or "Golden-Eyed" lacewing family. You can find these Australia wide throughout the year, just turn on an outside light and wait to see if you can spot one.



Bye the way, this photo is upside down, for easy viewing.


Nikon d70 : 1/60 : f/8 : 90mm : iso200

Tawny Frogmouth

I went spotlighting with a friend last night at the Bank Street reserve at Ashgrove. We managed to spot three of these Tawny Frogmouths. I took advantage of the extra hands by taking the shot with the flash unit held to the side, giving a bit more of a dramatic effect.

Nikon d70 : 1/60 : f/5 : 120mm : iso200