Sunday, January 30, 2011

Austral Ellipsidion cockroach

Our grand-daughter spotted this beautiful cockroach this morning sitting on the leaf of a dahlia bush :


binomial name : Ellipsidion australe
common name : Austral  ellipsidion

It is a last stage instar - ie last step on the way to becoming an adult.


This is one of many native cockroaches -  the pest cockroaches are all introduced and this unfortunately has given this type of beetle a bad name.

http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_hoppers/BushCockroaches.htm


The spider lillies are in full bloom again:


And one of the new chooks became a carpet python meal overnight :


That was about an $18.00 main course meal for this native "friend" !
-I only bought it last week.  It has been replaced with two more today and I will make sure to lock them in a snake proof enclosure from now on.

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