Red bandit Cicada

This cicada was sitting on my garden table. It looks like the red bandit cicada I met last month. This friendly guy really interacted with me, waved its front legs and walked to me.  

Caedicia - Katydid nymph

When I was picking mulberries in our tree in the garden on Christmas day I saw this beauty between the leaves. I caught it in a jam jar to ask the insect group what it was, so it's a Caedicia, also called a common garden nymph. It's a cousin of the grasshopper and cricket. I put it back in the tree as it has plenty of leaves to munch on.  

 

Illawarra flame tree

 Beautiful Illawarra flame tree at Karrakatta graveyard with popping red flowers