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Many small black beetles which were a common sight on this particular log. After flooding, I found them elsewhere under logs.

The flooding seems to have brought these ground / wood burrowing insects to the surface.

18/12/23 - Polyphaga sp.

QLD:WET - Washed up flood debris; After Cyclone Jasper flooding

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Absolutely gigantic Rutilia fly spotted in the rainforest.

04/12/23 - Rutilia sp.

QLD:WET - Rainforest nursery

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Two stink bugs found on sheoak.

*The adult was identified as A. lata, the nymph is just Austromalaya

17/01/24 - Austromalaya lata

QLD:WET - Cairns

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Small bug found on the water surface in a drainage canal.

24/12/23 - Microvelia sp.

QLD:WET - Warrina Lakes Botanical Gardens

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Beautiful button orchid growing on a palm tree.

17/01/24 - Dischidia nummularia

QLD:WET - Cairns

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Golden Bladderwort surviving well after being washed up.

18/01/24 - Utricularia aurea

QLD:WET

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Small Lentinus mushroom found on a log.

24/12/23 - Lentinus sp.

QLD:WET - Warrina Lakes Botanical Gardens

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Ground beetle spotted in a puddle.

Found a few this time of year.

04/12/23 - Myriochila semicincta

QLD:WET - Rainforest nursery

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Strange pyrgodesmid millipedes.

13/01/24 - Pyrgodesmidae sp.

QLD:WET

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Bee fly at the community gardens.

13/01/24 - Petrorossia sp.

QLD:WET

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Large orange mayfly spotted.

Sadly it's difficult to identify these (not enough info online for me).

15/01/24 - Ephemeroptera sp.

QLD:WET

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Tineid moth I found in a light trap some weeks ago. I'm really interested in this one, since I'm pretty certain I've found ID:

( here )

The problem is that I don't know if W. dysgnoia occurs here. The BOLD website has specimens collected from French Polynesia, with a 1986 paper specifically noting Hiva Oa as the island of distribution (Clarke 1986).

In other words, I don't think this species should be in Australia.

I just don't know enough to make any sort of ID. Even if the wing patterns seem to match, there are many, many undescribed species out there. I just want to provide the information that I have currently found.

Sources

Clarke, JFG 1986, 'Pyralidae and microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago', Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 416, p. 375.

14/01/24 - Tineidae sp.

QLD:WET

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Slime mold growing on the side of a cubby house.

13/01/24 - Lycogala sp.

QLD:WET

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Two large Sarrothripini moths.

Possibly in the Blenina genus, but there's a few Sarrothripini moths like this. The species B. donans has a wide range of varying wing patterns, making it difficult to really pin-point ID. B. donans seems like a possible ID, but I'm not too sure.

13/01/24 - Sarrothripini sp.

QLD:WET

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Rather interesting looking twirler moth that I unfortunately haven't found ID for. Its dark colour helps it blend in well, as there are many dead bits of leaves around which have turned completely black.

16/01/24 - Gelechiidae sp.

QLD:WET

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S. violacea, a very round species of jumping spider.

14/01/24 - Simaethula violacea

QLD:WET

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The strange martian moth, surprisingly frequent in the Wet Tropics.

14/01/24 - Saptha libanota

QLD:WET