Muscleman tree ant (Podomyrma gratiosa), so called because the large femur makes her looks like she lifts!

Striped ladybird beetle (Micrapsis frenata) eating ... an angiosperm? I'm going with angiosperm.

Happy #Pride all!

It's also the Great Southern Bioblitz on #iNaturalist this weekend so I've been spending all day taking pictures of animals. Here's a variable ladybird beetle (Coelophora inaequalis—a native Australian insect) enjoying the morning dew.

Ropalidia revolutionalis, the stick-nest brown paper wasp—because it builds long, thin nests out of a plant-pulp paper and is brown; descriptive names are helpful! This one's just starting her nest: each of those cells will soon hold an egg.

The Celtis Leaf Beetle, Menippus cynicus! This native beetle's a personal favourite (I find them utterly adorable), and is known to eat the leaves of the invasive weed Celtis sinensis.
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Kongobatha diademata, the Snake Mantis! This one is just a nymph, but you can see its four wings starting to sprout from its back.

I think we should change the name of the Cabbage White butterfly to Cabbage Wight. It's a small change, but really boosts their cool-factor. Plus they're kinda more very pale green than actual white.

"Sister! Help me!"
*Ant leans forward*
"Long live the Queen."

A couple of spiny ants (Polyrhachis rufifemur) *not* in the process of committing regicide with wildebeest.

Last of my You Yangs shots, here's a mantisfly! Those arms share the same purpose as a praying mantis', but these insects are more closely related to lacewing!

Tiger crane fly—Nephrotoma australasiae