Mark Ridgway
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Calochilus paludosus Red Beard-orchid
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Thysanotus patersonii Twining Fringe-lily
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Chiloglottis valida Common Bird-orchid
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Peltoschema oceanica
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Tinganina dimorpha
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Cryptostylis leptochila Small Tongue-orchid
31 Dec 2014 • -37.9,145.4 • Mark Ridgway
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Chris Clarke Stunning close-up shots!
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Mark Ridgway Thanks Chris. I'm no photographer though... just get lucky sometimes with a pocket cam. :)
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Russell Best One of my favourite orchids. An amazing feat of evolution. Surprisingly missing from the Macedon Range with only only record from a century ago nearby by George Lyell, in the Lerderderg area - which a walker friend stumbled across again a couple of years ago - a tiny patch of just a few plants, off track in the middle of nowhere! I see lots down Mallacoota way.
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Mark Ridgway Hope those goats didn't eat the Macedon ones. :)
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Spilonota constrictana
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Tarsostenodes simulator
30 Dec 2014 • -37.9,145.3 • Mark Ridgway
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Russell Best Amazing Mark. Fantastic example of deception. My first impression was it looks a bit like a Jumping Jack but it is much more like Rhytidoponera metallica? Do you think the white markings are to make the abdomen look more segmented like an ant?
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Russell Best I meant to mention too ... Red legs and red antennae match too, as in this observation: http://natureshare.org.au/observations/53b39856e35eb1298400fe41 The bead-like antennae are a pretty good match too.
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Mark Ridgway Yep that ant looks a good mimic target. This beetle is just over the back of our hill so I'm determined to find the exact ant species in the same location. (and maybe a clerid with 2 antennae :)
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Russell Best Good luck looking for Rhytidoponera metallica. I've seen it at a few locations that I visit regularly and at each spot I've only ever seen it once!
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Mark Ridgway My goodness Rhytidoponera metallica is very similar. Thanks Russell that will help in the search. The annoying thing is that I saw many similar ants on the day but only did the beetle.
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Mark Ridgway Sorry Russell I didn't comment re white markings... yes I'm certainly those markings are too much in exactly the right place to not suggest proportional body segments - all you can logically do with an essential pair of wing covers I guess. The proportions are excellent match to Rhytidoponera metallica.
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Justin Bartlett Hi. This clerid is Tarsostenodes simulator. All the best, Justin.
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Mark Ridgway Ah brilliant. Thanks so much Justin. I've been searching this one for yonks.
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David Francis Thanks for sorting out the NatureShare Clerids, Justin. Identification by Justin Bartlett (Clerid researcher) Feb 2017.
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Praxis edwardsii Edwards' Praxis
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Calosoma (Australodrepa) schayeri Green Carab Beetle
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Diemenia rubromarginata
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Tubifera ferruginosa
11 Oct 2013 • -37.9,145.3 • Mark Ridgway
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Unknown Simple tidy system. All kingdoms allowed? What taxonomic database is it linked to? Test...
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Unknown All kingdoms. NS is for Vic species only but there aren't good Vic lists for many groups, including spiders, beetles, fungi, etc but working on those. If you find a species name isn't on NS let me know and I will upload the name. Sources for Vic data in NS is available at https://sites.google.com/site/naturesharehelp/acknowledgements
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Unknown Thanks Russell. I'll put them into comments in the meantime then.
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Tamopsis spp. Long-spinneret Bark-spider Tree-trunk Spider Two-tailed Spider
05 Oct 2013 • -37.9,145.3 • Mark Ridgway
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Unknown Family known but not exact species
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Unknown I can only find similar (but different) species. Nothing that matches close enough to be confident. Excellent record given no Tamopsis or Hersiliidae appears near your area: http://biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?q=tamopsis#tab_recordsView
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Unknown Thanks Russell. I should have put it back to Hersiliidae. I thought the system was insisting on species level ID. You're so right about not many such finds even in Victoria. We've seen a couple of different looking ones over the past 2 years... possibly one species though. They might vary with growth.
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Unknown No worries. NS is for Vic species only but there aren't good Vic lists for many groups, including spiders, beetles, fungi, etc but working on those. If you find a species name isn't on NS let me know and I will upload the name.
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Unknown Sources for Vic data in NS is available at https://sites.google.com/site/naturesharehelp/acknowledgements
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Russell Best ID to Tamopsis genus confirmed by Robert Whyte.
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