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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; WTB Down Under?</title>
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		<title>Mountain Katydid from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/05/unidentified-black-katydid-from-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Katydid Bogong High Plains
November 5, 2009
What type of bug is this? We saw it on the 20th of January 2008. Near Falls Creek ski resort in the Victorian Alps. Bogong High Plains, Victoria Australia.
Matt Gawler
-36° 53&#8242; 32.36&#8243;, +147° 17&#8242; 26.20&#8243;
Hi Matt,
We had no luck identifying your black Katydid on the Brisbane Insects website. Perhaps [...]


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		<title>Golden Green Stag Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/03/golden-green-stag-beetle-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/03/golden-green-stag-beetle-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stag Beetles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTB Down Under?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iridescent Christmas Beetle from Australia
November 3, 2009
Hi, I&#8217;ve seen some recent posts about the brownish Christmas Beetles. Here are some photos of a gorgeous bright green beetle rescued from our swimming pool last summer. We always called these ones Christmas Beetles as kids (ignored the bworn ones), they were highly sought-after. The CSIRO site is [...]


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		<title>Female Rhinoceros Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/02/female-rhinoceros-beetle-from-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[WTB Down Under?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[rhino or coleoptera type beetle.
November 2, 2009
found in october, flying around the light, middle of the Daintree rainforest. as you can see he/she was quite big.
emmitted a squeaking sound when provoked and sounded like a mini helicopter while flying haha.
i&#8217;ve named it george. and i&#8217;m of to the pub, it seems quite happy on my [...]


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		<title>Grey Huntsman Spider from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/27/grey-huntsman-spider-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/27/grey-huntsman-spider-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Web spinning huntsman
October 26, 2009
Web spinning huntsman
We get these around outside and inside our house (Queensland, Australia.) They look like male huntsman spiders, and are more active at night, but they also weave massive webs from time to time (between trees) with a very thick fiber. This one came out of my downpipe this morning [...]


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		<title>Unknown Hopper from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/20/unknown-hopper-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/20/unknown-hopper-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What might this be
October 18, 2009
Hi guys,
Been a while, hope all is well your end. Any ideas on this one? The front legs look mantid like. Is it a nymph stage of a mantis of some sort?
Aussietrev
Queensland. Australia
Hi Trevor,
Welcome back.  This appears to be some species of immature hopper, possibly a Fulgoroid.  The front legs [...]


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		<title>Christmas Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/christmas-beetle-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/christmas-beetle-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orange Asturalian scarab
October 17, 2009
I have seen these beetles often when camping in Cobram, Victoria, Australia.
it didn&#8217;t move for at least an hour, i never actually saw it moving other than noticing that it had moved when i was gone. this happened a few times before it disappeared. It has a colour changing sheen (mainly [...]


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		<title>Puriri Moth from New Zealand we believe</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/28/puriri-moth-from-new-zealand-we-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large Green New Zealand Moth
September 28, 2009
Hi, This moth greeted me on the steps to my house when I returned from work. Most likely it was there when I went to work. It is still early spring here.
You can see one wing in the photo. The other is wrapped onto the opposite side and held [...]


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		<title>Jumping Spider eats Robber Fly in Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/29/jumping-spider-eats-robber-fly-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/29/jumping-spider-eats-robber-fly-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 13:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robber Flies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Salticid kills Asilidae Foodchain
Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Hi guys,
Got this picture today of a Jumping Spider catching a tiny Robberfly. The spider is one I have been trying to identify with the help of the University of Southern Queensland but there are over 500 species most of which have never been photographed so [...]


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		<title>Tortoise Beetle from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/16/unknown-tortoise-beetle-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/16/unknown-tortoise-beetle-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 04:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leaf Beetles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ID for this Tortoise Beetle
Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:59 PM
Hi guys,
This one has me beat. Looks like several tortoise beetle species except that the prothorax doesn&#8217;t cover the head. Any ideas? Found feeding on wattle leaf.
aussietrev
Queensland, Australia
Hi Trevor,
Sorry for the delay, but Wednesday is the worst day of the week to write to us [...]


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		<title>Sawfly Larvae from Australia:  AKA Spitfires</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/03/sawfly-larvae-from-australia-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/03/sawfly-larvae-from-australia-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 04:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Horntails, Wood Wasps and Sawflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unidentified]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTB Down Under?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar (6 legs?), Brown, Spikey, Gum forest, Australia
Sun, May 3, 2009 at 5:07 AM
Hi There, we found this squad of unknown bugs when walking in a Gum (Eucalyptus) forest (Dandenong Ranges National Park) at Fern Tree Gully in Victoria, Australia. They were moving uphill as a unit, flicking their tails up when approached. They were [...]


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