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

Giant grasshopper

 

There are so many of these giant grasshoppers in our veggie garden that I don't mind if my cat catches one, the chickens love them too. But they're very pretty beasts!

A week later I discovered a whole nest of babies on my banana tree.... 

Red bandit Cicada

 

This beautiful cicada was resting on my young plum tree. Spring Perth WA

Gall wasp eggs

 Saw this leaf on my way home from the dog walk via Scotch college middle school 

Pink Oxalis - Sorrel

 In between the abundant nasturtiums pink sorrel comes up, a beautiful colour combination. 

Motorbike frogs

Heard a little squeak in the garden and rescued this little guy from our playful kitty. He didn't want to get loosen his grip on my finger though, feeling quite safe I guess...
The motorbike frogs have started the race again to produce a lot of new tadpoles this spring 

 

Pentatomidae, stink or shield bug

 

Hiding in the wooly bear caterpillar eaten succulent in the garden

Fly

 I planned to take a photo of my roses and only later discovered the fly on one of them... 

Lacewing eggs

Lacewing (Neuroptera) eggs

The first photo is taken in March this years, a nice row of lacewing eggs on our Colourbond shed. This bundle of lacewing eggs on a succulent on the veranda is taken in September. 

 

Orange blossom

 When you try to  make photos of all the flowers in your garden and you find later that there are 3 bugs on the flower... a green spider just caught it's meal for the week. 

Bee

 Almost spring

Woolly bear caterpillar

The woolly bear caterpillar is a greedy eater, and therefore a big pooper too! On the last photo you see one in the act of pooping huge green dumps opening up its abdomen. 
There are many in my garden at the moment, eating away on my leafy veggies as well as this succulents. 
They turn into the black and white tiger moth. 

Grevillea flower

Grevillea flower at Scotch College grounds

Mallee flowers

 On a rainy day at Scotch College grounds.