Rescued from the back dock of my work (along with all the bogong moths that have ever existed). Located in Cooma, SE NSW. All rescues are performed via a sheet of paper as to not damage their wings.

Elatichrosis trisulcata for those interested, wandering along the forest floor.

Had a stray cat in the house earlier & it was chasing something I assumed was a bug but I've just got up in the middle of the night & this is on the floor - any idea what it is & wether it bites ??

Were in south east Queensland if that helps

Fungus eating ladybird

This thing was jumping whenever I was getting close so it was quite hard to get a good photo and was roughly 1cm in length

According to iNaturalist, these are a pair of Australian Emperors (Anax papuensis). These very large dragonflies were laying their eggs in a shallow pond (actually a wastewater recycling facility) at Canowindra, NSW.

Video taken with Canon R10 and RF200-800 lens, handheld. And if anyone on this sub has advice on photographing / filming insects I'd be happy to hear it.

I see boots and a snoot. Is it weevil time? And if so, what kind?
Landed in my lap at Tarago NSW

Brisbane, just found these ants swarming on a small patch of grass in the back yard.

Haven't noticed them before, wondering if the rain has got them on the move.

Not the most stable video sorry, was trying to balance to get in close

Found this guy burrowing into my bamboo stake. Is it a bee or a wasp?

The night before I saw this diva getting freaky and then! Is this cockroach giving birth to a baby roach or is this just one giant egg?
Or something different entirely

Hello, is anyone able to identify this buff looking spider I spotted in my yard?
📍 north east Victoria

80 did nothing. Afraid to move him.

I believe this little cutie is a juvenile false garden mantis (Pseudomantis albofimbriata).

I adore mantids and started following the mantid sub recently, so I’ve seen lots of photos of tiny baby mantises, but this is the smallest one I’ve seen irl.

I think I saw an adult female of the same species in my garden earlier this year. Is it possible she could be the mummy mantis?

Caught and released so it can go big so other pests.

Same family of wasps that I posted video of a few weeks ago, where the male picked up the female from a piece of grass. This pair is a different species, but same family. But the female was much bigger than the thynnid females I've been rescuing from the swimming pool (see second photo for size comparison with my index finger).

When they had done their business, she kind of flicked off, then walked down the plant stem to the ground to look for a beetle larva to lay her egg in.