Ellura Sanctuary: Best-Eyes

"Best Eyes" Page

232 Thumbnails. The reason for this thumbnail page is to provide one photo per species published on our web site, in taxon sequence, for you to compare your find with similar images.
Where we have found particularly varied specimens for a species, or in particular where male & females are significantly different, we may have shown more than one photo for that species.

Anseriformes - Waterfowls

Male, In a zoo
Chestnut Teal
(Anas castanea)

Head
Pacific Black Duck
(Anas superciliosa)

Male
White-eyed Duck
(Aythya australis)

Head, anterior
Black Swan
(Cygnus atratus)

Apodiformes - Owlet-nightjars

Head, Rufous Morph
Australian Owlet-nightjar
(Aegotheles (Aegotheles) cristatus ssp cristatus)

Caprimulgiformes - Nightbirds

Parent, Close Up
Spotted Nightjar
(Eurostopodus argus)

At Night
Tawny Frogmouth
(Podargus strigoides)

Charadriiformes - Coastal Birds

In a zoo
Bush Stone-curlew
(Burhinus grallarius)

Charadriiformes - Coastal Birds

In a zoo
Banded Lapwing
(Vanellus tricolor)

Adult, Eye
Australian Silver Gull
(Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp novaehollandiae)

S2, Adult, Calling to it's Mate (S3)
West Coast Pacific Gull
(Larus pacificus ssp georgii)

Ciconiiformes - Storks

S6, Adult, Head, profile
Eastern Great Egret
(Ardea alba ssp modesta)

Immature, Eye
White-faced Heron
(Egretta novaehollandiae)

Adult, profile
Australasian Nankeen Night-Heron
(Nycticorax caledonicus ssp australasiae)

Male, feeding
Royal Spoonbill
(Platalea regia)

Columbiformes - Doves and Pigeons

Profile
Eastern Peaceful Dove
(Geopelia placida ssp placida)

Columbiformes - Doves and Pigeons

Eye Ring
Eastern Crested Pigeon
(Ocyphaps lophotes ssp lophotes)

Male, Head, profile
Bronzewing
(Phaps chalcoptera)

Cuculiformes - Cuckoos

Male, head
Australian Fan-tailed Cuckoo
(Cacomantis (Vidgenia) flabelliformis ssp flabelliformis)

Male, head
Pallid Cuckoo
(Cacomantis pallidus)

Male, back
Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo
(Chalcites basalis)

Tail, ventral
Black Eared Cuckoo
(Chalcites osculans)

Falconiformes - Birds of Prey

Adult Head
Australian Collared Sparrowhawk
(Accipiter (Paraspizias) cirrocephalus ssp cirrocephalus)

Rufous Morph, Head
Eastern Brown Falcon
(Falco (Ieracidea) berigora ssp berigora)

Falconiformes - Birds of Prey

Front
Australian Nankeen Kestrel
(Falco (Tinnunculus) cenchroides ssp cenchroides)

Galliformes - Fowls

S1, close up
Malleefowl
(Leipoa ocellata)

Gruiformes - Cranes

Head
Australasian Coot
(Fulica atra ssp australis)

Head
Black-tailed Native-hen
(Tribonyx ventralis)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

Front
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
(Acanthiza chrysorrhoa)

Profile
Brown Thornbill
(Acanthiza pusilla)

Profile
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill
(Acanthiza uropygialis)

Foraging
South-eastern Southern Whiteface
(Aphelocephala leucopsis ssp leucopsis)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

Male, profile
Mount Lofty Range White-browed Scrubwren
(Sericornis frontalis ssp rosinae)

Eye ring
Weebill
(Smicrornis brevirostris)

Rain Gauge Nest
White-browed Woodswallow
(Artamus superciliosus)

Adult, head
Inland Grey Butcherbird
(Cracticus torquatus ssp leucopterus)

Female Eye
Australian Magpie
(Gymnorhina tibicen)

Adult, head
Black-winged Currawong
(Strepera versicolor ssp melanoptera)

Fledgling Eye, Pointing Down
White-winged Chough
(Corcorax melanorhamphos)

Adult, front
Australian Raven
(Corvus coronoides)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

Brown Eye Ring
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
(Acanthagenys rufogularis)

Head, small eye patch
Noisy Miner
(Manorina melanocephala)

Bare Skin Eye patch, back
Striped Honeyeater
(Plectorhyncha lanceolata)

Female, Red Eye
Gilbert's Whistler
(Pachycephala inornata)

Brown Eye
White-browed Babbler
(Pomatostomus superciliosus)

Thick Eyebrow
Southern Willie Wagtail
(Rhipidura (Sauloprocta) leucophrys ssp leucophrys)

Pelecaniformes - Pelicans

Green Eye
Little Black Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax) sulcirostris)

Psittaciformes - Parrots

Male (red eye ring)
Western Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
(Zanda funerea ssp whiteae)

Psittaciformes - Parrots

Eye
Musk Lorikeet
(Glossopsitta concinna)

Eating Beyeria opaca fruit
Eastern Regent Parrot
(Polytelis anthopeplus ssp monarchoides)

Strigiformes - Owls

S2, Eyelid
Southern Boobook
(Ninox (Nixon) boobook ssp boobook)

Squamata - Scaled Reptiles

S10, Female, Eye & Ear
Nobbi Dragon
(Diporiphora nobbi)

S3, "Eyebrow"
Beaded Gecko
(Lucasium damaeum)

S1, Eye
Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko
(Strophurus intermedius)

Eye
Eastern Spiny-tailed Gecko
(Strophurus williamsi)

S3, Eye
Southern Marbled Gecko
(Christinus marmoratus)

Squamata - Scaled Reptiles

S12, Gravid Female, Eye
Southern Rock Dtella
(Gehyra lazelli)

S2, Black Eye
Four-toed Earless Skink
(Hemiergis peronii)

Eye Shape
Desert Skink
(Liopholis inornata)

S1, Eyebrow
South-eastern Morethia Skink
(Morethia boulengeri)

S2, Head, showing covered eye & scales
Rough-nosed Blind Snake
(Anilios bituberculatus)

Araneae - Spiders

S2, Male, Eye Arrangement
Red-headed Mouse Spider
(Missulena occatoria)

Eye Arrangement in Profile
Goldback
(Idiommata sp ES01)

Male, Eye Arrangment, dorsal
Silver-back
(Idiommata sp ES02)

Araneae - Spiders

Male, Eye Arrangement, profile
Armoured Trapdoor Spider
(Idiosoma sp)

S5, Male, Eye Arrangement
Black Wishbone Spider
(Aname sp ES01)

S2, Male, eye arrangement + tibial spur
Golden Wishbone Spider
(Aname sp ES02)

Adult, Male, Eye arrangement + Palps
Twig Spider
(Acroaspis olorina)

Female, eye arrangement
Slender Green Orb Spider
(Araneus talipedatus)

S9 Male, Eye Arrangement
Long-tailed Orb-weaving Spider
(Argiope protensa)

Female, Eye Arrangement
Flat-backed Orb-weaver
(Backobourkia sp ES02)

S1, Female, Eye arrangement
Garden Orb-weaver
(Eriophora biapicata)

Araneae - Spiders

Profile, Eye Arrangement
Knobbly Orb-weaver
(Eriophora cf pustulosa)

S2, Adult Female, Eye Arrangement
Small Orb Spider
(Gea theridioides)

Eyes
Spurred Orb Weaver
(Novakiella trituberculosa)

Female, Looks like 10 eyes
Bush Orb Weaver
(Plebs eburnus)

Female, eye arrangement
Wasp-mimicking Swift Spider
(Nyssus coloripes)

Female, Eye Arrangement
Swift Spider
(Nyssus sp ES02)

S1, Male, Eye Arrangement
Marbled Swift Spider
(Ticopa australis)

S2, Female, upper eye-arrangement
Net-casting Spider
(Asianopis subrufa)

Araneae - Spiders

Female, eye arrangement
Striped Sac Spider
(Cheiracanthium sp ES01)

Male, eye arrangement
Long-legged Sac Spider
(Cheiracanthium sp ES02)

Male, Eye Arrangement
Ground Spider
(Gnaphosidae sp ES01)

Male, Eye Arrangement, dorsal
Wishbone Ground Spider
(Gnaphosidae sp ES04)

S1, Female, Eye Arrangement
Flat Ground Spider
(Hemicloea sp)

S2, male, Eye Arrangement
Red Flat Spider
(Platorish gelorup)

Male, Eye Arrangement
Flat-headed Two-tailed Spider
(Tamopsis cf platycephala)

Eye arrangement
Two-tailed Spider
(Tamopsis sp ES01)

Araneae - Spiders

S1, Male, Eye Arrangement
Tiger Wolf Spider
(Hoggicosa castanea)

S1, Male, Eye Arrangement
Two-toned Wolf Spider
(Hoggicosa forresti)

Eye arrangement
Wolf Spider
(Lycosidae sp ES03)

Male, eye arrangement
Striped Swamp Spider
(Miturga cf gilva)

Female, eye arrangement
Prowling Spider
(Miturga cf lineata)

S1, Male, Eye Arrangement
Mottled-leg Prowling Spider
(Miturgidae sp ES01)

Male, eye arrangement, side
Red & Black Spider
(Nicodamus cf peregrinus)

Female, Eye Arrangement
Long-bodied Daddy Long-legs
(Pholcus cf phalangioides)

Araneae - Spiders

Male, Eye arrangement
Daddy Long-legs
(Smeringopus cf natalensis)

S2, Eye Arrangement
Jovial Jumping Spider
(Apricia jovialis)

S1, Female, Eyes + palps
Grey Striped Bark Jumper
(Clynotis severus)

S3, Female, Eye Arrangement
Bronze Aussie Jumper
(Helpis sp ES01)

Female, eye arrangement
Under-bark Jumping Spider
(Holoplatys sp)

S2, Female, Eye Arrangement
White-banded Jumping Spider
(Hypoblemum griseum)

S2, Male, Eyes
Black & White Brushed Jumper
(Jotus karllagerfeldi)

Male, Eye Arrangement
Unusual Peacock Spider
(Maratus anomalus)

Araneae - Spiders

Female, Eye Arrangement
Variable Saitis
(Saitis mutans)

Adult Female, Eye Arrangement
Social Huntsman Spider
(Delena cancerides)

S3, Male, Eye Arrangement
Undescribed Huntsman Spider
(Isopeda sp)

Male S9, Eye Arrangement
Saunders' Huntsman
(Isopedella saundersi)

S2, Eye arrangement
Beautiful Badge Huntsman
(Neosparassus cf calligaster)

Male, Eye Arrangement
Shiny Long-jawed Spider
(Tetragnatha nitens)

Female, eye-arrangement
Square-ended Cobweb Spider
(Episinus sp)

S1, Female, Eye Arrangement
Ant-eating Spider
(Euryopis sp)

Araneae - Spiders

S49, Male, Eye Arrangement
Redback
(Latrodectus hasseltii)

Eye arrangement
Theridiid Spider
(Theridiidae sp)

Male, Body & Eyes
Cambridge's Crab Spider
(Isala cf cambridgei)

S2, female, Eye Arrangement
Striped Bark Crab Spider
(Isala longimana)

Female, Eyes
Similar Bark Crab Spider
(Isala similis)

S1, Male, Eye Arrangement
Trapezoid Crab Spider
(Sidymella trapezia)

Male, Body & Eyes
High-browed Crab Spider
(Stephanopis altifrons)

Male, eye arrangement
Spotted Black Crab Spider
(Tharpyna cf campestrata)

Araneae - Spiders

Male, eye arrangement
New Moon Crab Spider
(Tharpyna sp ES01)

Female, eye arrangement, front
Black Crab Spider
(Tharpyna sp ES02)

Eye Arrangement
Rotund Flower Spider
(Tharrhalea sp ES01)

Male, eye arranagement
Grey Crab Spider
(Tmarus sp)

S4, Female, Eye Arrangement
Milky Flower Spider
(Zygometis xanthogaster)

Male, eyes + palps
Ant Spider
(Habronestes cf hunti)

Male, anterior, eyes
Ant-eating Spider
(Habronestes cf pictus)

Female S1, Eye Arrangement, above
Ant Spider
(Habronestes pseudoaustraliensis)

Araneae - Spiders

Female, eyes + blue carapase
Metallic Blue Ant Spider
(Habronestes sp ES01)

Scorpiones - Scorpions

Marginal Eyes
Small Marbled Scorpion
(Lychas sp ES02)

Coleoptera - Beetles

S1, Speckled Eye
Speckled-eye Jewel Beetle
(Ethonion leai)

Pronotum & Single seta above the eye
Black Waxy Ground Beetle
(Cerotalis sp ES03)

S1, Eyes, dorsally
Slender Mallee Longhorn Beetle
(Aposites sp)

S1, Female, Emarginate Eye
Wandering Hills Longhorn
(Cacodacnus planicollis)

Female, Eyes & Antenna
Grass Longhorn
(Oebarina ceresioides)

S1, Eye Shape & Pronotum
Braconid Mimic Longhorn
(Proagapete carissima)

Coleoptera - Beetles

S1, Eyes, ventral
Muscleman Longhorn Beetle
(Rhinophthalmus nasutus)

S2, Female, Eye, anterior
Daisy Longhorn Beetle
(Rhytiphora cruciata)

S1: Eye
Silver-side Longhorn Beetle
(Rhytiphora lateralis)

S1, Eye
Tea-tree Longhorn
(Rhytiphora obliqua)

Eye
White-marked Hairy Longhorn Beetle
(Rhytiphora posthumeralis)

Eyes & mouth parts
Lycid Mimic Longhorn
(Stenoderus suturalis)

Eye
Black-waisted Longhorn Beetle
(Uracanthus griseus)

Emarginate Eyes
Pink Desert Leaf Beetle
(Paropsis roseola)

Coleoptera - Beetles

S4, Female, Emarginate Eye
Striped Ladybird
(Micraspis furcifera)

Eye
Riverina Weevil
(Amycterus riverinae)

S2, Male, Eye & Antenna
Christmas Beetle
(Anoplognathus montanus)

S3, Male, Emarginate Eye
Flower Chafer
(Diaphonia dispar)

Eye + Anetenna Shield
Orange-footed Black Beetle
(Batessia westwoodi)

Eye & Thread Antenna
Transparent Pie-dish Beetle
(Helea castor)

S3, Anterior showing eyes above & below
Large Pie-dish Beetle
(Helea waitei)

Emarginate Eye
Red-rimmed Blue Pie-dish Beetle
(Pterohelaeus sp ES03)

Coleoptera - Beetles

S3, Male, Eye
Small-wart Carcass Beetle
(Omorgus sp ES03)

Diptera - Flies

Male, head & large eyes
Compost Fly
(Bibio imitator)

Male, Eyes
Bubble-leg March Fly
(Dilophus sp ES02)

S2, Male, Eye Arrangement
Orange-striped Bee Fly
(Australiphthiria sp ES02)

S2, Emarginate Eye
Chequered-margin Bee Fly
(Oncodosia patula)

Eye
False-widow Bee Fly
(Pseudopenthes fenestrata)

Eye line + Red Thorax Tinge
Western False-widow Bee Fly
(Pseudopenthes hesperis)

S1, Female, profile, Eye
Side-striped True Bee Fly
(Staurostichus sp ES04)

Diptera - Flies

S5, Eye
Smokey-winged Striped Bee Fly
(Villini sp ES03)

Maroon,S1 Female, profile (cleaning eye)
Parasitic Blowfly
(Amenia leonina)

Female, Emarginate Eye
Non-biting Green Midge
(Tanytarsus sp)

Male, Eyes
Emarginate-winged Long Legged Fly
(Dytomyia sordida)

S4, profile, eye & hair
Long Legged Fly
(Hydrophorus praecox)

Pronotum, Eyes, Ocelli
Double Striped Tangle-veined Fly
(Trichophthalma bivittata)

Female, Eye
Punctuated Green Nose Fly
(Stomorhina subapicalis)

Male, Eye
Native Drone Fly
(Eristalinus punctulatus)

Diptera - Flies

S12, Female, Eye Separation
Bee-mimicking Hover Fly
(Eristalis tenax)

S7, Male, Eyes
Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly
(Simosyrphus grandicornis)

Male, Eye Split
Round March Fly
(Dasybasis circumdata)

Female, Eye
Doubled March Fly
(Dasybasis dixoni)

Male, Eye
Blunt March Fly
(Dasybasis hebes)

Eyes
Flower Fly
(Phasia sp ES01)

Hey gotta go for the eye shot ;-)
Wasp Mimicking Fly
(Agapophytus aterrimus)

Female, Head
Metz's Stiletto Fly
(Laxotela metzi)

Hemiptera - True Bugs

Ocelli, Antenna & Hairy Eyes
Cicada
(Cicadettina sp ES02)

S9, Adult Female, Ocellus
Crusader Bug
(Mictis profana)

Eyes
Mallee Lacehopper
(Ozoliarus sp)

Anterior
Broad-winged Planthopper
(Scolypopa australis)

Snout & Ocelli
Seed Mimicking Leafhopper
(Notocephalius hartmeyeri)

S1, anterior, Spurs
Black & White Seed Bug
(Dieuches nudus)

Under & Eyes
Water Boatman
(Agraptocorixa cf eurynome)

S1, Female, Eyes
Black-spotted Shield Bug
(Cuspicona intacta)

Hemiptera - True Bugs

Reddish Adult, face
Variable Shield Bug
(Choerocoris variegatus)

Hymenoptera - Bees, Sawflies & Wasps

Queen Alate, Eyes
Black-headed Sugar Ant
(Camponotus nigriceps)

Major Worker, Eye
Arid Honey-carrying Ant
(Melophorus sp ES01)

Antenna Socket, Eye, Mandibles & Foot
Giant Red Bull Ant
(Myrmecia nigriscapa)

Eye
Red Big-headed Ant
(Pheidole sp ES01)

Female, Eye
Endowed Plumed-vented Bee
(Homalictus (Homalictus) dotatus)

S11, Female, Thorax
Golden-browed Resin Bee
(Megachile aurifrons)

Female, Face & Ocelli
Darwin's Leaf-cutter Bee
(Megachile darwiniana)

Hymenoptera - Bees, Sawflies & Wasps

Face with Hairy Eyes
Metallic-blue Chalcid Wasp
(Leucospis morawitzi)

S2, Female, Face
Yellow-faced Black Sand Wasp
(Bembix severa)

S1, Female, Face
Two-coloured Orange Spider Wasp
(Cryptocheilus bicolor)

S5, Female, Head & Thorax
Orange Spider Wasp
(Priocnemis tuberculatus)

Male, Ocelli
White-spotted Spider Wasp
(Batozonellus sp ES01)

Female, Face
Tiny Zebra Spider Wasp
(Turneromyia bassiana)

S2, Female, anterior
Pale Zebra Spider Wasp
(Turneromyia melancholicus)

S1, Female, Emarginate Eye
Robust Scarab Wasp
(Pseudotrielis flavidula)

Hymenoptera - Bees, Sawflies & Wasps

S3, Male, Eye
Robust Scarab Wasp
(Pseudotrielis flavidula)

S2, Male, Emarginate Eye
Scarab Wasp
(Pseudotrielis gilesi)

S2, Female, Head & Thorax
Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp
(Radumeris tasmaniensis)

S5, Male, Head
Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp
(Radumeris tasmaniensis)

S7 Female, Face
Smokey-feather Digger Wasp
(Sphex fumipennis)

Male, Ocelli
Beautiful Flower Wasp
(Thynnus pulchralis)

S2, Male, Eyes
Large Mud-nesting Wasp
(Abispa ephippium)

S4, Female, Eye
Orange-striped Potter Wasp
(Acarodynerus sp)

Hymenoptera - Bees, Sawflies & Wasps

Male, Eye
Yellow-faced Mud-collar Wasp
(Ischnocoelia cf fulva)

Eye
Black-faced Mud-collar Wasp
(Ischnocoelia sp ES01)

Eye
White-legged Mud-collar Wasp
(Ischnocoelia sp ES03)

Eye
Brown Mud-nesting Wasp
(Paralastor sp ES03)

S5, Female, Emarginate Eye
Southern Paper Wasp
(Polistes humilis ssp humilis)

Lepidoptera - Butterflies & Moths

S7, Female, Eye + Antenna
Clear Winged Snout Moth
(Genduara subnotata)

S1, Male, Antenna & Eye
Arid Wood Moth
(Endoxyla punctifimbria)

S2, dorsal, greyed
Ragged-banded Owlet Moth
(Thoracolopha atmoscopa)

Lepidoptera - Butterflies & Moths

S2, Hairy Eyes
Armyworm
(Mythimna convecta)

S09 Male, Antennae & Hairy Eyes
Southern Armyworm
(Persectania ewingii)

Larva, Mandibles & Eyes
Green Looper
(Plusiinae cf sp)

Eyelashes
Well-beaked Tuft-moth
(Nola eurrhyncha)

Female, Antennae & Hairy Eye
Long-tailed Pea-blue
(Lampides boeticus)

S13, Hairy Eye
Australian Admiral
(Vanessa itea)

Hairy Eyes
Australian Painted Lady
(Vanessa kershawi)

Neuroptera - Antlions, Lacewings & Owlflies

S1, Male, eye & antennae
Split-eyed Owlfly
(Megacmonotus magnus)

Neuroptera - Antlions, Lacewings & Owlflies

S13, profile, green eye
Tasman's Lacewing
(Micromus tasmaniae)

S3, anterior
Buzzing Antlion
(Compsoleon cf bembicidis)

S2, Male, Eye
Hairy Antlion
(Heoclisis fundata)

S1, Eye & Antenna
Painted-face Antlion
(Myrmeleon pictifrons)

Odonata - Damselflies, Dragonflies & Spreadwings

Male, Eyes
Blue-spotted Hawker
(Adversaeschna brevistyla)

S5, Female, cleaning her eye
Red & Blue Damselfly
(Xanthagrion erythroneurum)

Orthoptera - Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids

Female, Eye
Orange-lichen Stonehopper
(Cratilopus sp ES04)

Eye
Quad Striped Matchstick Grasshopper
(Morabinae sp ES08)

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