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another exciting Pearl Moth from this past autumn, the 'Incolorous Pearl'. certainly lacking much colour, but the rusty orange margin against his(?) pearly iridescent white wing is subtly elegant.

Incolorous Pearl, male(?) (Hodebertia testalis), April '24.

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some moth copulation. my first time seeing the male of this species too!

Unknown Lappet moths (female above, male below) (genus Porela, maybe P. cinerea?).

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little half-centimeter Curved-horn moth. part of the massively diverse (and poorly understood) Gelechoidea superfamily, defined by the well-developed labial palps curving out from under the head.

Unknown Curved-horn moth (superfamily Gelechioidea), April '24.

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Large* Grass-Yellow (Eurema hecabe), April '24.

*actually really small, wingspan about 4cm (1.5in).

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very tiny, very sleepy.

Unknown Sweat Bee (subgenus Austronomia), April '24.

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a short-tailed ichneumonid wasp, found sleeping on the underside of a gumleaf one night. I love that the eyes and ocelli take up like 90% of the head.

Unknown Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp (tribe Enicospilini), April '24.

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Unknown Ichneumonid Wasp, egg (genus Charops?), April '24.

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very polite assassin showing off her big biceps.

Unknown Assassin Bug (genus Oncocephalus), April '24.

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Unknown Orbweavers, multitudes (family Araneidae), April '24.

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@nattousan this is incredible. un-slantface looks truly cursed and I love it :')

a weird horse appreciates the sunset from atop one of our cacti.

Giant Green Slantface, male(?) (Acrida conica), March '24.

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a huntress on the roof of our shed. overseer of laundry days.

Bronze Huntsman Spider, female (Isopedella flavida), April '24.

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No common name (Notarcha aurolinealis), April '24.

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a stunning little longhorn sleeping on some grass in the early morning. I don't see nearly as many longhorns as I would like, this was the first one I'd seen since that wonderful Disterna plumifera from November last year.

Unknown Longhorn beetle (genus Ancita), April '24.

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a male Two-spotted sandalodes! a large species of jumping spider common in this region, but this was my first time seeing a male in the garden.

Two-spotted sandalodes, male (Sandalodes scopifer), April '24.

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a weird horse appreciates the sunset from atop one of our cacti.

Giant Green Slantface, male(?) (Acrida conica), March '24.

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Unknown Stretch Spider (genus Tetragnatha), April '24.

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for a while there was a beautiful pair of Leaf-curling spiders living outside our door. as the name suggests, these spiders use a curled leaf in the centre of their web as a silk-lined retreat from predators. I've read that males and females will share a leaf, but these two were living in separate leaves close by each other.

the photo above is the female, feeding on a small beetle. the male is pictured below, with a much skinnier body plan, and a pair of long, rounded pedipalps.

Leaf-curling Spider, 2 individuals (Phonognatha graeffei), March '24.