AWEsome Australia
A list dedicated to the beauty of a beautiful land.
Christine Young created this list 5 years ago
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Concealer Moth - Anestia ombrophanes -
Ichneumon wasp -
All in the Wings -
Spotless - Sepsidae - Ant Fly -
Distinctive markings - Araneus dimidiatus group -
Overhead and underneath -
Wood Gnat - Sylvicola dubius -
Spittle bug - Bathyllus albicinctus -
Unidentified rock formation , maybe coral related remnants. -
Carpenter Ant - Camponotus intrepidus -
Old Man Banskia Banksia serrata Coming to its end -
Like A Bird on a Wire - Glossy Black Cockatoos - Calyptorhynchus lathami -
Leaf sized - Salsa brisbanae -
![A Defensive Citrus Swallowtail caterpillar - showing Osmeterium The osmeterium is a defensive organ found in all papilionid larvae, in all stages.[1] The organ is situated in the prothoracic segment and can be everted when the larva feels threatened. The everted organ resembles a fleshy forked tongue (not unlike a snake tongue), and this along with the large eye-like spots on the body might be used to startle birds and small reptiles. The osmeterial organ remains inside the body in the thoracic region in an inverted position and is everted when the larva is disturbed in any way emitting a foul, disagreeable odor which serves to repel ants,[2] small spiders[3] and mantids.[4] To humans, this odour is rather strong but pleasant, usually smelling like a concentrated scent of the caterpillar’s food plant and pineapple.
The constitution of the osmeterial secretion varies from species to species and contains monoterpene hydrocarbons, sesquiterpenic compounds or a mixture of aliphatic acids and esters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmeterium Australia,Dainty swallowtail,Geotagged,Papilio anactus,Summer](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/4568/111918_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=6b18xr4pon5O8bA9kmuBXlfVlFs%3D)
A Defensive Citrus Swallowtail caterpillar - showing Osmeterium -
Common Pipi - Plebidonax deltoides -
Swamp tigertail - Synthemis eustalacta -
Sooty oystercatcher - Haematopus fuliginosus -
Brown Honeyeater - Lichmera indistincta -
Handmaiden moth -
Pearl Back Scale -
Striped_Honeyeater -
Sand roach ? Subfamily Perisphaerinae -
Common Gumleaf Grasshopper - Goniaea australasiae -
Common blue tail - Ischnurra heterosticta