{"id":2918,"date":"2020-12-15T10:13:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2020-12-15T10:13:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T23:13:37","slug":"allsorts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2020\/12\/15\/allsorts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Allsorts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not licorice, but invertebrate, and just as tasty, several different flavours from two locations. First is a Belid weevil, Rhinotia suturalis found apparently taking it easy on a on a wattle phyllode.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/belid3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/belid3b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/belid2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/belid2b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"415\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second, another weevil found on the ground nearby. This is a Broad-nosed Weevil, going by the impressive name of Eurymetopus birabeni.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/ukw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/ukwb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"729\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third, always room for another spider, a nice orb weaver.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/orb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"996\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fourth, found under loose bark on an Angophora costata, a beetle larva, one of two discovered. This is the larva of a Flat Bark Beetle, Family Cucujidae, Genus probably Platisus. Apparently the tail is an identification\u00a0 feature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/unk.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"964\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fifth, from the riverside reserve, a mating pair of robberflies, (Subfamily Asilinae), complete with wedding breakfast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/robbers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/robbersb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"891\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sixth and final flavour, two dragonflies, Hemicordulia tau, the Tau Emerald,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/emerald.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/emeraldb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"728\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Austrogomphus guerini, the Yellow-striped Hunter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/ysh1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix22\/ysh1b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"593\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Most images will enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not licorice, but invertebrate, and just as tasty, several different flavours from two locations. First is a Belid weevil, Rhinotia suturalis found apparently taking it easy on a on a wattle phyllode. Second, another weevil found on the ground nearby. This is a Broad-nosed Weevil, going by the impressive name of Eurymetopus birabeni. Third, always &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2020\/12\/15\/allsorts-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Allsorts.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}