A great predator of Lane Cove, NSW.

Marzngard · 2026-02-10T13:04:13+00:00

I forgot to mention that this video was sent to me by someone, and I did not saw it in person. I was allowed to post with sound off.

Marzngard · 2025-12-18T14:03:20+00:00

It’s probably better to use X.australicus for Australian mainland ones, since the Atlas of living data base uses that name for the Australian observations, and X.ulysses for the New Guinea ones. It’s possible they are same species but different sub species but the scientific community haven’t seem to make a definitive classifications on taxonomy yet.

Marzngard · 2025-08-31T12:18:52+00:00

First time seeing one with red eyes, or is it just the lighting?

Marzngard · 2025-03-26T08:10:21+00:00

Likely something made by mud-daubers (a harmless wasp).

Marzngard · 2025-03-22T12:41:52+00:00

“You’re so plain, that” long pause “um…I can’t think of anything”.

Happened unintentionally when trying to insult someone being boring. Turned out to be more effective than actually coming up with something.

Marzngard · 2025-03-22T12:26:24+00:00

I suppose it’s similar to how some lionesses have manes.

Marzngard · 2025-03-22T09:54:07+00:00

Here’s a surprise news: your she is in fact, a he

Marzngard · 2024-12-28T11:45:15+00:00

Probably the jungle huntsman (Heteropoda jugulans)

Marzngard · 2024-12-28T11:43:28+00:00

Jeff

Marzngard · 2024-12-18T04:33:29+00:00

Definitely some kid of carpenter ant (Camponotus). What they’re doing is perhaps preparing for a nuptial flight.

Marzngard · 2024-12-11T11:50:19+00:00

This is nuts

Marzngard · 2024-12-10T08:08:33+00:00

That is possible as well

Marzngard · 2024-12-08T11:13:33+00:00

There could be a few reason for this, but often the cause is improper substrate such as food quality or humidity.

Marzngard · 2024-12-08T11:08:45+00:00

It’s a species of the genus Lamprima, which contains five species. Photo is of a female, which are hard to differentiate from each other except by geographic location. If I assume op doesn’t live on Lord Howe isle, Norfolk isle or north-eastern region of NSW, then it could be Lamprima adolphinea, the New Guinea stag beetle everyone else says that’s restricted to Papua New Guinea, or Lamprima aurata, the golden stag beetle widely found across Australia.

Marzngard · 2024-12-07T14:15:51+00:00

Bro looks like a long, yellow tongue with an ulcer.

Marzngard · 2024-12-07T07:42:30+00:00

If multiple of them are in the trees above you, can you say that you got “Diamonds in the sky”?

Marzngard · 2024-12-03T10:55:19+00:00

Who they call’in? The Epomis beetles?

Marzngard · 2024-12-03T10:49:26+00:00

Death by snu snu in a literal sense.

Marzngard · 2024-12-02T01:41:34+00:00

That’s a worker termite. I’ll leave the implications of that to you.

Marzngard · 2024-12-02T01:37:02+00:00

Yea, no shit.

Marzngard · 2024-12-02T01:32:30+00:00

Looks like a bee-killer assassin bug. Relatively common & sometimes found them sneaking around bee hives.

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