Insect Collection

Pray Mantis
Green Pray Mantis - Macro

Honey bee macro and flower
Honey bee collecting nectar from our backyard basil plant

Blue damselfly at rest on an iris leaf
A Common Bluetail Damselfly, Ischnura heterosticia, with its wings folded, resting on an iris leaf. The shot was taken in the Brisbane Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens

White banded native australian bee
White banded australian native bee landing in a white flower

Termite mound in the Litchfield National Park, Northern Territories, Australia

Monarch Butterfly
A recently emerged Monarch Butterfly hanging from the stem of a Swan plant

Robber Fly eating a bee
A Robber Fly, Asilidae or Assassin Fly which has caught and devouring a bee

Common Blue-banded Bee roosting on flower
Close up of a Common Blue-banded Bee, Amegilla cingulata, holding onto a flower with its mandibles

A butterfly on a yellow cosmos
An Indian fritillary perching on a yellow cosmos flower. The background is wall of a house which has a kind of blue color

Owl butterfly on flowers

Resting on the fern
A dragonfly resting for a short while on a fern

Bee on Dogbane Plectranthus caninus or known as Colues canina or dogbane blooming flowers

Sydney Hawk Dragonflies mating
Sydney Hawk Dragonfly - Austrocordulia leonardi mating they are an endangered species

The ants go marching one by one
Green or weaver ants colonised our balcony and lime tree when we were living in Darwin. Their colours are pretty stunning

Perfect Ladybug
A watercolour image of ruffled flowers with a perfect ladybug sitting on a petal

Bee on Colourful Blue and Green Flowers, Australia
Bee on colourful blue and green flowers

Busy Bee
Bee coming in for landing at Stokes Bay Bush Garden, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Wasp
Close up of wasp on leaf

Common brown butterfly resting outdoors on some bricks
Looking down on a common brown butterfly resting outdoors on some bricks

Sniffing around
Green or weaver ants colonised our balcony and lime tree when we were living in Darwin. Their colours are pretty stunning

Mosquito on bokeh background

Caterpillar walking over matchstick, macro shot

Rosebud with insect
Macro of small insect on red rosebud with green background

Backyard Fly
Macro image of fly photographed in my backyard in Penrith NSW, showing his suction cup feet

A bee meets a cosmos flower
Beautiful macro shot of a bee and a yellow cosmos flower, gentle bokeh, natural photo

Macro Nature Photography
Dragonfly - Northern Territory - Australia

Blow fly
Portrait of a blow fly

Insect on Basil flower
Macro shot of an insect on our basil plant

Fungus - eating Ladybird
A macro of a Fungus Eating Ladybird (Illeis galbula)

Moth

Wolf Spider (Lycosidae), Australia
Macro portrait of a (Lycosidae) Wolf Spider carrying its young on its back, Australia. Wolf Spiders are found throughout Australia

Fly on a green leaf
Macro close up of a fly on a green leaf

Hover fly on hebe flower
A Hover Fly on a Hebe bush in my garden. I love the delicate pink flowers

Bowing
Diplacodes trivialis, is a species of dragonfly found in China, Japan, India and southwards to New Guinea and Australia

Green bottle fly resting on a stick

Bee in flight
White banded australian native bee flying to a flower for pollen

Giant Spiny Stick Insect
Australian Giant Prickly Stick Insect (Extatosoma tiaratum)a.k.a. Giant Spiny Stick Insect, Spiny Leaf insect, Macleays Spectre or Australian Walking Stick

The wings of a dragon
Macro of a dragon flys wings

Green tree-frog waiting for his lunch
Green Tree Frogs (Litoria caerulea) are one of the largest Australian frogs, found in all states except Victoria and Tasmania. They live in urban areas, forests and woodlands, wetlands and heath

Meadow Argus Butterfly
Meadow Argus (junonia villid) is found throughout Australia and lives in urban areas, forests and woodlands. 4 cm - 5 cm in size

Red Baron Drafonfly
Libellulidae, Red Baron Dragonfly, Urothemis aliena, macro, Suburban garden

Colourful Cicada
My husband went to check the mailbox today and spotted this Cicada on a Kangaroo plant growing in the garden. Hopefully after the rain, the insects are coming back into the gardens

Honey bee in pastel flowers
Honey bee with pollen baskets attached to its legs gathering pollen from the stamen of a pink daisy

Australian Blue Banded Bees roosting on a twig
Australian Native Blue Banded bees (Amegilla cingulata) roosting on a twig for the night

Wildlife- a Blue Zebra Butterfly on a weed

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