Giant Yellow Robber Fly

Giant Yellow Robber Fly is quite common in Brisbane Eucalypt forests. The only problem is to take their photos and confirm the seeing. During summer season, almost every time when we were in the middle of a Eucalypt forest, we saw this fly. Actually it was the fly who found us and not we found it. Every time of the encounter, we heard a loud buzzing noise then we saw this fly flied pass and rested about two to three meters away. Source: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_robbers/LargeRobberFly.htm

 Giant Yellow Robber Fly

 Giant Yellow Robber Fly

Giant Yellow Robber Fly

 Giant Yellow Robber Fly

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Brown House Mosquito

Brown House Mosquito is a medium sized mosquito. The female is pale brown with darker brown thorax with paler markings. The male has large palps and feathery antennae, the female has smaller palps and less hairy antennae. Adult mosquitoes are active during the warmer months and usually attack people in the middle of the night indoors and outdoors. They are also attracted to birds. Closely associated with human habitation and common in urban areas. Source: http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Brown-House-Mosquito/Culex/quinquefasciatus.html

 Brown House Mosquito

 Brown House Mosquito

 Brown House Mosquito

Brown House Mosquito

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Blue Tiger Butterfly

Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace) is a butterfly found in India that belongs to the Crows and Tigers, that is, the Danaid group of the Brush-footed butterflies family. This butterfly shows gregarious migratory behaviour in southern India. Upperside black, with bluish-white semihyaline spots and streaks.This species migrates extensively during the Monsoons in southern India. The migratory populations have been observed to be nearly entirely consisting of males. It is also known to mud-puddle during migration.

 Blue Tiger Butterfly

 Blue Tiger Butterfly

 Blue Tiger Butterfly

Blue Tiger Butterfly

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Orange Lacewing

Orange Lacewing (Cethosia penthesilea) is a species of heliconiine butterfly found in south-east Asia, Indonesia, and Australia. Larval food: Adenia heterophylla  The pupa is brown and spiky, with white marks and gold spots. It hangs head downward from a cremaster. Its length is about 3 cms. The adult butterflies which have forewings that on top are orange, with a large black area on each wing tip containing a white band and a row of white spots. The upper surface of each hind wing is orange with a broad black border.

 Orange Lacewing

 Orange Lacewing

 Orange Lacewing

Orange Lacewing

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Ash Whitefly

Ash Whitefly is a pest of numerous ornamental and fruit crops, including citrus. It causes severe damage to pear and apple in Europe. Most ash whiteflies in California were found on pomegranate, ash tree, pear, apple, loquat and citrus. Heavy infestations cause leaf wilt, early leaf drop and smaller fruit (Bellows et al. 1990). Discovered in Florida in 2010, if it becomes established it could become a pest of ornamental plants and possibly other crops.

 Ash Whitefly

 Ash Whitefly

 Ash Whitefly

 Ash Whitefly

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Australian Painted Lady

Vanessa kershawi, commonly known as the Australian Painted Lady, is a butterfly that is mostly confined to Australia, although westerly winds have dispersed it to islands east of Australia, including New Zealand. During spring adult butterflies migrate south in large numbers from northern states of Queensland and New South Wales. In 1889, this migration was so large that trains were unable to generate sufficient traction because of the large numbers of butterflies resting on the tracks.

 Australian Painted Lady

 Australian Painted Lady

Australian Painted Lady

Australian Painted Lady

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Australian Cockroach

Australian Cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae) is a large species of cockroach, winged, and growing to a length of 30–35 millimetres (1.2–1.4 in). It is brown in colour. It is very similar in appearance to the American cockroach and may be mistaken for it easily. However, it is slightly smaller than the American cockroach, has a yellow margin on the thorax, and yellow streaks at its sides near the wing base. Despite its name, the Australian cockroach is a cosmopolitan species, and an introduced species in Australia.

 Australian Cockroach

 Australian Cockroach

 Australian Cockroach

Australian Cockroach

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