Spring ’26 #2

Hopefully, seem to be seeing more creatures in the garden this season. A second Tamopsis was spotted on the white bark of a red gum, and was then very hard to find on returning with the camera. Finally found this master of camouflage, it had moved to a darker spot where it was almost invisible, click to enlarge.

Dead sugar ants pointed to this little fellow, Euryopis umbilicata, the Superb Ant-eating Spider.

A tiny case moth dwelling, less than a centimetre long.

Spring ’26

Yes, Spring is here and let’s hope we find more photographic subjects this season. A quick look around the tree trunks in the garden found a few spiders and a leafhopper, and a solitary wasp came to the moth light.

Badumna species with her egg case.

A small Two-tailed spider, Tamopsis species, good to see after a long absence.

A Flat-headed Leafhopper, Stenocotis depressa.

And a Short-tailed Ichneumonid wasp, Dicamptus fuscicornis