It’s hard work changing your outfit when you’re a #spider🕷️ Caught this Knobbled Orbweaver (Socca pustulosa) in the process of moulting today. It hunkered down and took a well deserved rest after this #ausinverts #wildoz #arachnids

Australia has rich insect #biodiversity, but we lack long-term datasets to track #invert populations and patterns. We can help! Please consider adding your insect observations to platforms like @inaturalist.bsky.social #citizenscience #ausinverts #wildoz theconversation.com/spring-air-i...

Pygmy Blue Whale sighting at Bussleton! Megan Wood who captured the encounter reflected on the experience “we are incredibly lucky to call this place home, and it is our responsibility to care for it and protect it"

Chrysodeixis argentifera -Tobacco Looper The weather is warming and there's definitely more moths around... including this first Tobacco Looper of the season. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #Leptember

Join leading experts in signing a petition calling for national legislation to reduce #LightPollution - a fast-growing threat to Australia’s biodiversity, climate action and human health. Petition closes 19 Sep @euanritchie.bsky.social biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/experts...

At only about 2.5 cm long and weighing less than a gram, bogong moths can migrate 1,000 km to Australia’s alpine region each spring! Help scientists track the bogong moths and learn how to protect them via @ZoosVictoria’s Moth Tracker. https://www.zoo.org.au/moth-tracker/

Greenhood orchids in Lysterfield park, VIC - let your eyes adjust and after you see the first couple you will see hundreds along the trails and wonder how you missed them all these years. #Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Spring #InTheField #Nature #Pterostylis #Greenhoods

Cadra perfasciata This moth was seen in December in the Perth Hills but has only just been identified. This also seems to be the only picture of a living specimen of this native moth, which was first described in 1994. #teammoth #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #Leptember

The weather is very wet & windy, the power is out (so no coffee 😢) and my eldest has flu 😷… so looking back at some of our best moth visitors from last year. I really hope this stunning Dichromodes sp. visits again! #teammoth #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera

Warmer overnight temps in the Perth Hills last night meant a jump in moth numbers and diversity. Some nice moths we’ve not seen for a while Sandava scitisignata Scoparia exhibitalis Garrha pudica Uresiphita ornithopteralis #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Leptember #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

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Warm end to the week with a lovely 25°C on Friday brought more activity at the garden black light, including the first Green Blotched moth (Cosmodes elegans) of the year #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #Leptember

One of the Casemoths (Clania sp.) although I can't determine which species, it may be an undescribed one. This one is clearly a male, with his feather like antennae and his claspers showing. Many Casemoth females are flightless #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #Leptember #inaturalist

For anyone in Australia concerned about the impacts of #lightpollution please consider signing the petition below before 19 September 2025 #wildoz #mothsmatter #biodiversity #conservation

Dinophalus bathrosema I love the scalloped edge to the wings of this lovely moth, seen a couple of times in our Perth Hills garden. There are very few recorded observations of this #moth in #inaturalist, and those are all from Western Australia #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera

🚨Pollinators beware🚨 A Yellow Spider Orchid (Caladenia denticulata subsp denticulata) with a very well #camouflaged resident Flower Spider (Thomisidae) 🌱🌿🕷️ #orchids #spidersaturday #ozflora #wildoz #arachnids #ausinverts #bugsky

This is pretty mind blowing 🤯 🐜 The Queens of Iberian harvester ants (Messor ibericus) can lay male eggs that hatch into 2 different species. 56% of the males that hatch are genetically Messor structor, not M. ibericus. Amazing! #inverts #ants #hymenoptera #bugsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A run of cold overnight temps in Perth means no moth-ing recently, but it's given me time to get into a backlog of IDs waiting to be done Such as this micro moth seen in May which I think is Acrocercops irrorata, maybe a leaf miner #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #Leptember #inaturalist

How about an artist that became an entomologist - like Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 – 1717) who observed and then beautifully illustrated insect metamorphosis. She first described the metamorphosis of the White Witch moth (Thysania agrippina) #mothsmatter #InverteFest

We can all agree that this is a really cool cockroach, right?

Re-posting these amazing Bird of Paradise flies for #InverteFest These curious insects are not actually flies but are actually scale insects. The males have a tuft of long waxy white filaments protruding from the tips of their abdomens. #ausinverts #Hemiptera

Another #invert for #InverteFest This beautiful Wolf Spider (Venator sp.) was hanging out at our moth light recently, no doubt hoping for a tasty snack 🕷️🦋 #archnids #spiders #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #bugsky

#BogongMoths are a crucial spring food source for #MountainPygmypossums - declines in Moth numbers are an urgent threat to the possums’ survival. Help scientists track the Bogong Moths via #ZoosVictoria Moth Tracker: www.zoo.org.au/moth-tracker/ Image - Zoos Victoria. #citizenscience #wildoz

Spitfire sawfly larvae doing their excellent synchronised ward-off-a-predator thing.

Fascinating #research published in June in Nature on Bogong moth #migration Not sure why a Hawk moth features in part of the video though? #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera

Thudaca haplonota One of the more eye-catching moths that have visited our Perth Hills garden. This one was seen in mid-May. The caterpillars of this species pupate without forming cocoons, instead disguising themselves as twigs #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #InverteFest #lepidoptera #inaturalist

Happy day 3 of #InverteFest 🐜 Here's one of our #ausinverts that I generally try to avoid - the Australian Bull Ant (Myrmecia sp.) These large #ants do not mess around... they are aggressive, they will sting and bite, so you'll certainly know it if you've stumbled across their nest #wildoz #bugsky

A Lanternfly (Rentinus dilatatus) for day 2 of #InverteFest These planthoppers can be found in all States and territories of Australia #ausinverts #wildoz #hemiptera #inaturalist #bugsky

It's the last week of August so it must be #InverteFest time! This praying #mantis was seen in a coastal area north of Perth, likely a Mallee Grass Mantis (Archimantis sobrina) it has impressively spiky raptorial forelegs #ausinverts #wildoz #mantodea #bugsky #inverts

A stack of bricks 🧱 or a luxury frog sauna? 🐸 Many species seek out these warm enclosures and, excitingly, regular visits on warm days can help fight against deadly chytrid fungus too. The fungus is sensitive to heat. ~28°C (82°F) is enough to limit chytrid growth 🧪🌏 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Stormy over the Perth Hills today 🌨️☔️ #weather #clouds #storm #rain #photography #wildoz

Pasiphilodes testulata - Pome Looper A moth we see quite regularly when we trap, both in the Perth Hills and in coastal areas north of Perth. It can be quite a variable moth in form, having a dark form, a pale band form, and a chestnut form #teammoth #ausinverst #wildoz #lepidoptera #inaturalist

Did you know it’s an offence in Western Australia under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 to feed native fauna without a licence, it can attract fines up to $20,000 Instead: 🌱 put native plants in your garden 💧 leave out fresh water #wildoz #ozflora #ausmammals #birds #wildlife #biodiversity

Came across this rather woolly caterpillar in the garden today taking advantage of a brief bit of sunshine between otherwise torrential downpours of rain I think this is the caterpillar of the Black & White Tiger Moth (Ardices glatignyi) #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

World Mosquito Day Commemoration of British doctor Sir Ronald Ross's discovery in 1897 that female anopheline #mosquitoes transmit #malaria between humans. Help learn more about mozzies by tracking them in your area and uploading to iNaturalist.org for the @Mozzie Monitors project. #citizenscience

The weather was a little warmer last weekend, so we put out of the moth motel. Not many moths visited, but those that did come were really interesting 📌 Clouded Footman 📌 Lepidoscia characota 📌 Conoeca sp. (I think) 📌 Enchocrates phaedryntis #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inaturalist

Swarms of Monarch butterflies are drawing crowds in the Western Australian regional town of Nannup. Whilst a beautiful sight to see, these butterfly numbers signal a less delightful problem - masses of invasive weeds 🦋🌾🌿🐛 #wildoz #butterflies #inverts #lepidoptera www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Hypographa aristarcha - Stout Moth Only our second time recording this lovely moth, and the first time we have seen it in our Perth Hills garden. This moth holds its wings like a butterfly and is very reluctant to flatten them. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inaturalist

Quintessentially Australian - the #echidna and the #platypus, two egg laying #monotremes. Looking closely, it seems the echidna’s back legs are depicted the wrong way round, facing forwards rather then backwards 🤔 #wildoz #biodiversity #ausmammals

“Australian lepidoptera and their transformations, drawn from the life” is a two volume work by entomologist Alexander Walker Scott, illustrated by his two daughters, Helena and Harriet Scott. This illustration comes from volume 1. Volume 2 was published after Alexander Walker Scott’s death.

Despite torrential rain all day Saturday, we risked putting out the moth motel last night. Very few moth visitors (just 6/6) but this beauty was among them. A Lepidoscia sp. (I think), one of the Bagworm moths (Family Psychidae) #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inatuarlist

Tribonanthes elongata - the Brilliant-flowered Tiurndin I love these tiny native flowers, they are just so woolly!! Endemic to the southwest of Western Australia, this species grows in winter wet flats and near granite outcrops. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist #plants

Still not many moths visiting our moth light at the minute, but last night brought a nice selection of green moth species we’ve not seen for a while - 📌 Northern Emerald (Prasinocyma rhodocosma) 📌 Native Cranberry (Poecilasthena pulchraria) #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #lepidoptera

Tranes vigorsii - perfect for #WeevilWednesday One of the Cycad #weevils found in the southwest of Western Australia. This particular weevil seems to be associated specifically with Macrozamia riedlei (zamia palms). #ausinverts #wildoz #coleoptra #inaturalist #inverts

Enchocrates phaedryntis A new visitor to our garden this week. Check out the amazing fluffy snout on this lovely moth #teammoth #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inaturalist

A rather lovely but, as yet, unidentified moth seen in June in a coastal area north of Perth. I think it’s likely in the family Tineidae (Fungus moths or Clothes moths), but I can’t pin it down further than that. #teammoth #mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inaturalist

Eremochroa alphitias - Pale O X Moth Easy to see how this moth got its common name! These moths are not a common sighting in Western Australia with only 2 observations on #inaturalist. We spotted this one in June in a coastal area north of Perth #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera

New research showing the biggest causes of light #pollution at night are closer to home than we thought. LEDs emitting blue-white light scatter more widely, increasing levels of light pollution & impacting nocturnal #pollinators #inverts #moths #lepidoptera theconversation.com/street-lamps...

This fabulous emu was entertaining the walkers at the top of Mount Dale this afternoon. He was quite happy checking us all out. Stunning bird with a stunning view! #auswildlife #ausbirds #wildoz #birds #emu

Utetheisa pulchelloides - Heliotrope Moth A moth that can be seen throughout Australia and New Zealand. These moths can undertake quite long migratory flights and so are even be seen on more remote islands in the region. Seen 7 June 2025 #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidopter #inaturalist