Wildlife photos please

[Verinda]

A common blue...I think? It was much bluer in real life.

A beauty to counteract yesterdays beasts haha!

[Verinda]

Does anyone know what might have laid these eggs?

[veggiechicken]

What's the host plant, Verinda?

[Verinda]

Just grass.

[skeggijon]

Dunno what it is, but it's living in my sweetcorn

[PyreneesPlot]

One of the bush crickets, I think

[roitelet]

Went out to shut in the chickens and found this fellow wandering down the path.

[Starling]

Albino Koala, others

First pic is of a true Albino Koala. Sorry about the quality, it was high up and I couldn't get better resolution on my phone. Had pink eyes.



Second image is of a strange beast, which although appears to be a millipede or a worm is in fact a snake. It's a baby Australian Blind snake. They are gentle, benign creatures which are not venomous, but do good in the garden by eating ant eggs. They grow to about 20cm and are sometimes black, or pink.



I also get eastern browns, and have had Coastal Taipans pass through before--which is the world's most venomous land snake along with the Eastern Inland Taipan. Their bite literally turns your blood into jelly. Pretty scary, but because they are so rare I don't really worry about them. The browns are more common. If I'm working down the back paddock I make sure I always have my phone with me in case I'm bitten. If I had to walk up to the house after a bite it's unlikely I'd survive--although apparently they tend to not inject lethal amounts on the first strike, so a fatal bite is unlikely. I'm loathe to kill snakes and studiously avoid it whenever possible. I don't think something should have to die for being born what it is.

I'm cheating on the next pic--this was taken by a friend of mine in Cairns. I don't actually get this species, the Amethystine Python. Hard to tell how massive the thing is, but in that image, it's eating a goose. I get carpet pythons which aren't much smaller. Not venomous--they're both constrictors. Have been bitten by carpet pythons on a few occasions ( I'm forever pulling the larger ones out of my shed because I have small dogs, a big one could eat them probably. The small ones get to stay and eat the rats). Kind of feels like getting scraped with the rough side of velcro. Bites can't really hurt you, but require an antibiotic shot, because they have nasty bacteria in their mouths, which can cause infections.





Wedge tailed eagles are pretty common here also. I've never had a problem with them, but my neighbor has lost a few chickens to them in the past. They will take newborn lambs apparently. Huge bird.



Red eyed tree frog, trying to hide (albeit badly) on a small wampi tree. I get a few different types of green tree frogs, this species is one of the smallest. During the wet season, the calls of thousands of frogs is deafening. I'm not sure if I can upload sound files here, but when it happens, and if I can, I will post a sound bite. It's almost impossible to sleep owing to the cacophony some nights.

[Guest]

I keep trying to get the three types of brown butterflies that are about but they are never there when I have a camera and they don't rest for long either. I really don't know my butterflies there are lots round here I don't recognise Anyway here are the ones that did behave oh and my funky stripey capa-tilla

[veggiechicken]

Luvly

Cinnabar moth Capa-tilla
Comma come to a full stop
Red Admirable
Peacock eyeing up the flowers

But you knew this already

[Guest]

TY VC . I didn't realise it was cinnabar moth capa-tilla - makes sense though I didn't want to say the butterflies incase I got them wrong

[veggiechicken]

Is the capa-tilla on ragwort? That's where I usually find them!
Don't worry about getting the names wrong - someone will always come long and tell you you're confused. I'm just waiting................

[Guest]

Is the capa-tilla on ragwort? That's where I usually find them!
Don't worry about getting the names wrong - someone will always come long and tell you you're confused. I'm just waiting................

Yes it is on ragwort, but for some reason the ragwort only seems to grow in the lawn and not in the paddocks I had wanted to take a pic of a group of three but hubby had parked over them One day I will sort out all of the garden and paddocks

[PyreneesPlot]

Nice pics
Still waiting to see a comma ,,,,,,,

[Guest]

I finally got one - a gatekeeper butterfly I think, so am guessing the other main one I see is a meadow brown as they look quite similar when flitting about.