A fantastic start to the year.Finishing up the summer period with almost 200 inverts in two months with many more not identified to species level. Seven butterfly lifers in this update with the highlight being a new swallowtail – my first confident sighting of Pale Triangle. A relatively good range of birds around – missing a lot of the columbids still especially but those gaps should be filled soon. Little Lorikeet and Azure Kingfisher however are great to have so early in the year. Note: I realised that I put Common Brown Ringlet as both invert #16 and #20 so I have discounted one invert continuing this update from 96.
Mammals:
06) Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
07) Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
Birds
90) Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
91) White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
92) Grey Teal Anas gracilis
93) Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
94) Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
95) Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
96) Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
97) Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
98) Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
99) Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
100) Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
101) Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
102) Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
103) Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
104) Common Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris
105) White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
106) Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
107) Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
108) Little Egret Egretta garzetta
109) Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
110) Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
111) White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
112) Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
113) Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
114) Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
115) Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
116) Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
Herptiles:
11) Eastern Bearded Dragon Pogona barbata
12) Copper-tailed Skink Ctenotus taeniolatus
13) Dark Bar-sided Skink Concinnia martini
Invertebrates:
96)Teddy Bear Bee Amegilla bombiformis
97) Pomaderris Moth Casbia rectaria
98) Australian Cockroach Periplaneta australasiae
99) Brown Huntsman Heteropoda jugulans
100) Chequered Swallowtail Papilio demoleus
101) Lesser Wanderer Danaus petilia
102) Meadow Argus Junonia villida
103) Common Aeroplane Phaedyma shepherdi
104) Red-shouldered Leaf Beetle Monolepta australis
105) Swamp Tiger Danaus affinis
106) Black Tree Ticker Birrima varians
107) Orange Ochre Trapezites eliena
108) Small Green-banded Blue Psychonotis caelius
109) Bordered Rustic Cupha prosope
110) Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea
111) Bottlebrush Sawfly Pterygophorus cinctus
112) Aaaaba nodosus [jewel beetle]
113) Narrow-brand Grass-Dart Ocybadistes flavovittatus
114) Little Black-Knees Methiolopsis geniculata
115) Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans
116) White Looper Moth Pingasa chlora
117) Metallic Green Acacia Beetle Calomela ruficeps
118) Hop-bush Leaf Beetle Callidemum hypochalceum
119) Green Jumping Spider Mopsus mormon
120) Austrosciapus connexus [long-legged fly]
121) Oriental Latrine Fly Chrysomya megacephala
122) Calliphora ochracea [blowfly]
123) Iridescent Leaf Cylinder Beetle Aporocera iridipennis
124) Blue Tiger Tirumala hamata
125) Bromocoris souefi [stink bug]
126) Australian Tiger Ictinogomphus australis
127) Australian Emerald Hemicordulia australiae
128) Asian Magpie Moth Nyctemera amicus
129) Muscleman Tree Ant Podomyrma gratiosa
130) Narrow-banded Awl Hasora khoda
131) Japanese Rice Grasshopper Oxya japonica
132) Fire-tailed Resin Bee Megachile mystaceana
133) Australian Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma australasiae
134) Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina
135) Varied Dusky-Blue Erina hyacinthina
136) Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria
137) Short-tailed Line-Blue Prosotas felderi
138) Glistening Pencil-Blue Eirmocides absimilis
139) Green Grass-Dart Ocybadistes walker
140) Pternistria bispina [leaf-footed bug]
141) Krakatauia macalpinei [long-legged fly]
142) Eupanacra splendens [hawk moth]
143) Hawaiian Webworm Moth Spoladea recurvalis
144) Common Bluetail Ischnura heterosticta
145) Sea-green Northern Jumper Cosmophasis thalassina
146) Maculate Ladybird Harmonia octomaculata
147) Tobacco Beetle Lasioderma serricorne
148) Fungus-eating Ladybird Illeis galbula
149) Capaneus Swallowtail Papilio capaneus
150) Clearwing Swallowtail Cressida cressida
151) Australian Leafwing Doleschallia bisaltide
152) Pale Triangle Graphium eurypylus
153) Palemouth Brachydiplax denticauda
154) Grenadier Agrionoptera insignis
155) Erebus terminitincta [moth]
156) Striped Ladybird Micraspis frenata
157) Orange Threadtail Nososticta solida
158) Poinciana Looper Pericyma cruegeri
159) Leptomyrmex rothneyi [spider ant]
160) Samphire Blue Theclinesthes sulpitius
161) Pristhesancus plagipennis [assassian bug]
162) Steelblue Ladybird Nososticta solida
163) Bean Leafroller Omiodes diemenalis
164) Megachile deanii [leafcutter bee]
165) Megachile ignescens [leafcutter bee]
166) Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp Sceliphron formosum
167) Orchid Dupe Wasp Lissopimpla excelsa
178) Grass Webworm Herpetogramma licarsisalis
179) White-banded House Jumper Maratus griseus
180) Yellow Albatross Appias paulina
181) Common Flatwing Austroargiolestes icteromelas
182) Aurora Bluetail Ischnura aurora
183) Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda
184) Grey Ringlet Hypocysta pseudirius
185) No-brand Grass-Yellow Eurema brigitta
186) Spotted Grass-Blue Zizeeria karsandra
187) Purple Crow Euploea tulliolus
188) Common Gumleaf Grasshopper Goniaea australasiae
189) Grey Wall Jumper Menemerus bivittatus
190) Burgena varia [forester moth]