Ellura Sanctuary: Best-Juvenile

"Best Juvenile" Page

153 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

Ducklings, in water
Pacific Black Duck
(Anas superciliosa)

Parent with Signets
Black Swan
(Cygnus atratus)

Caprimulgiformes - Nightbirds

Day Old Chick, profile
Spotted Nightjar
(Eurostopodus argus)

Juveniles
Tawny Frogmouth
(Podargus strigoides)

Charadriiformes - Coastal Birds

Immature, profile
Australian Silver Gull
(Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae ssp novaehollandiae)

S6, Juvenile, profile
West Coast Pacific Gull
(Larus pacificus ssp georgii)

Ciconiiformes - Storks

Immature, profile
White-faced Heron
(Egretta novaehollandiae)

Juvenile, standing
Australasian Nankeen Night-Heron
(Nycticorax caledonicus ssp australasiae)

Coraciiformes - Kingfishers

Immature, front & back
Rainbow Bee-eater
(Merops (Merops) ornatus)

Cuculiformes - Cuckoos

Juvenile
Australian Fan-tailed Cuckoo
(Cacomantis (Vidgenia) flabelliformis ssp flabelliformis)

Falconiformes - Birds of Prey

Juvenile, ventral
Southern Brown Goshawk
(Accipiter (Leucospiza) fasciatus ssp fasciatus)

Juvenile
Whistling Kite
(Haliastur sphenurus)

Dark Morph Immature
Little Eagle
(Hieraaetus morphnoides)

Dark Morph, Juvenile
Eastern Brown Falcon
(Falco (Ieracidea) berigora ssp berigora)

Gruiformes - Cranes

Parent Feeding Chick
Australian Dusky Moorhen
(Gallinula (Gallinula) tenebrosa ssp tenebrosa)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

Immature
Striated Thornbill
(Acanthiza lineata)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

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

Juvenile, Eating a Sugar Ant
Dusky Woodswallow
(Artamus cyanopterus)

Juvenile
Masked Woodswallow
(Artamus personatus)

Juvenile with Dad
White-browed Woodswallow
(Artamus superciliosus)

Juvenile, front
Pied Butcherbird
(Cracticus nigrogularis)

Immature, profile, older
Inland Grey Butcherbird
(Cracticus torquatus ssp leucopterus)

Juvenile, profile
Australian Magpie
(Gymnorhina tibicen)

Fledgling
Black-winged Currawong
(Strepera versicolor ssp melanoptera)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

Immature, Head
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
(Coracina novaehollandiae)

Juvenile
Inland Brown Treecreeper
(Climacteris (Climacteris) picumnus ssp picumnus)

Immature, in shadow
White-throated Treecreeper
(Cormobates leucophaea)

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

Juvenile, back
Australian Raven
(Corvus coronoides)

Immature
Red-browed Firetail
(Neochmia temporalis ssp temporalis)

Juvenile, Back
Tree Martin
(Petrochelidon nigricans)

Juvenile
South Australian Superb Fairy-wren
(Malurus cyaneus ssp leggei)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

Juvenile, front
Rufous Songlark
(Cincloramphus (Maclennania) mathewsi)

Immature
Little Wattlebird
(Anthochaera (Anellobia) chrysoptera)

Immature, profile
Brown-headed Honeyeater
(Melithreptus brevirostris)

Juveniles
New Holland Honeyeater
(Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)

Juvenile
Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
(Ptilotula ornata)

Juvenile, front
White-plumed Honeyeater
(Ptilotula penicillata)

Juvenile
White-fronted Honeyeater
(Purnella albifrons)

Juvi, profile
Australasian Pipit
(Anthus (Anthus) novaeseelandiae)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

Female feeding juvenile
Varied Sittella
(Daphoenositta chrysoptera ssp pileata)

Juvenile, back
Southern Crested Bellbird
(Oreoica gutturalis ssp gutturalis)

Juvenile profile
Olive-backed Oriole
(Oriolus sagittatus ssp sagittatus)

Juvenile Front
Grey Shrike-thrush
(Colluricincla harmonica ssp harmonica)

Juvenile Male, ventral
Southern Rufous Whistler
(Pachycephala rufiventris ssp rufiventris)

Juvenile
Striated Pardalote
(Pardalotus striatus)

Juvenile, profile
Southern Scrub-robin
(Drymodes brunneopygia)

Juvenile
Hooded Robin
(Melanodryas cucullata ssp cucullata)

Passeriformes - Perching Birds

Juvenile
Jacky Winter
(Microeca fascinans)

Fledgling
Red-capped Robin
(Petroica goodenovii)

Chick
Chestnut Quail-thrush
(Cinclosoma castanotum)

Juvenile
Southern Willie Wagtail
(Rhipidura (Sauloprocta) leucophrys ssp leucophrys)

Juvenile
Grey Fantail
(Rhipidura albiscapa)

S5, Immature Male
Western European Blackbird
(Turdus merula ssp merula)

Pelecaniformes - Pelicans

Juvenile, anterior
Australian Darter
(Anhinga novaehollandiae ssp novaehollandiae)

Adult with Juvenile
Australian Pelican
(Pelecanus conspicillatus)

Psittaciformes - Parrots

Male feeding juvenile
Western Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo
(Zanda funerea ssp whiteae)

Juvenile
Eastern Regent Parrot
(Polytelis anthopeplus ssp monarchoides)

Immature Male
Mulga Parrot
(Psephotellus varius)

Struthioniformes - Flightless Birds

Juveniles, profile
Emu
(Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Squamata - Scaled Reptiles

S4, Juvenile, dorsal
Painted Dragon
(Ctenophorus pictus)

S11, Juvenile, back
Nobbi Dragon
(Diporiphora nobbi)

S14, Juvi, profile
Eastern Spotted Comb-eared Skink
(Ctenotus orientalis)

S21, Juvi, profile
Eastern Shingleback
(Tiliqua rugosa ssp aspera)

Squamata - Scaled Reptiles

S1, Juvenile, head
Eastern Brown Snake
(Pseudonaja textilis)

Araneae - Spiders

S7 Juvi Female, dorsal
Long-tailed Orb-weaving Spider
(Argiope protensa)

S4, Juvi Female, dorsal
Garden Orb-weaver
(Eriophora biapicata)

S1, Juvi Female, dorsal
Small Orb Spider
(Gea theridioides)

Juvenile
Red & Black Spider
(Nicodamidae sp)

S11, Female, Juvenile, dorsal
Undescribed Huntsman Spider
(Isopeda sp)

Juvenile, dorsal, ~6.5mm
Southern Grey Huntsman
(Isopedella cf cerussata)

Juvenile Female S6, dorsal
Saunders' Huntsman
(Isopedella saundersi)

Araneae - Spiders

S2, Juvi Female, dorsal
Beautiful Badge Huntsman
(Neosparassus cf calligaster)

S42, Juvenile, Female, dorsal
Redback
(Latrodectus hasseltii)

Coleoptera - Beetles

Larva, dorsal
Callitris Longhorn Beetle
(Cerambycidae cf sp ES01)

Larva, dorsal
Transverse Ladybird
(Coccinella transversalis)

S11, Larva, dorsal
Striped Ladybird
(Micraspis furcifera)

S2, Larva, dorsal
Four-ribbed Lycid Beetle
(Porrostoma sp)

Hemiptera - True Bugs

Nymph hiding
Brown Spittlebug
(Bathyllus albicinctus)

Larva, posterior
Tube Spittlebug
(Machaerotinae sp)

Hemiptera - True Bugs

Juvenile
Scale Insect
(Pulvinaria cf sp ES01)

S1, Instar, dorsal
Eucalyptus Tip Wilter
(Amorbus rhombifer)

S7, 5th Instar, dorsal
Crusader Bug
(Mictis profana)

Nymph, dorsal
Burrowing Bug
(Adrisa sp)

Instar
Spotted Exocarpos Bug
(Aplerotus maculatus)

S2, Female, Nymph, dorsal
Long-spined Shield Bug
(Cuspicona longispina)

S1, Nymph, dorsal
Spiny Shield Bug
(Neagenor spinosus)

Pale Morph Nymph, dorsal
Spined Predatory Shield Bug
(Oechalia schellenbergii)

Hemiptera - True Bugs

Nymph, dorsal
Long Gum-tree Shield Bug
(Poecilometis strigatus)

Adult & Nymph
Pittosporum Bug
(Pseudapines geminata)

Yellow Later Instar, dorsal
Variable Shield Bug
(Choerocoris variegatus)

Hymenoptera - Sawflies

Larvae, Group
Eucalypt Sawfly
(Perginae sp)

Lepidoptera - Moths & Butterflies

S2, Larva, dorsal, ~30mm
Toothed Anthelid
(Anthela basigera)

S24, Larva, dorsal
Ruby Anthelid
(Anthela rubeola)

S8, Female, larva, dorsal
Clear Winged Snout Moth
(Genduara subnotata)

S1, Larva, dorsal
Dryland Sheoak Moth
(Pernattia chlorophragma)

Lepidoptera - Moths & Butterflies

Larva 1, dorsal, ~18mm
Forked Grass-moth
(Ciampa arietaria)

Larva, from S3 12 days later
Mallee Looper
(Arhodia sp)

Larva 2, dorsal
Undescribed Tussock Moth
(Acyphas cf sp)

S1, Larva, dorsal
White Tussock Moth
(Acyphas chionitis)

S1, Larva, dorsal
Omnivorous Tussock Moth
(Acyphas semiochrea)

Larva
Clouded Footman
(Anestia ombrophanes)

S9, Larva, dorsal
Old Lady Moth
(Dasypodia selenophora)

S13, Larva, dorsal
Senecio Moth
(Nyctemera amicus)

Lepidoptera - Moths & Butterflies

S1, Larva, profile
Painted Apple Moth
(Orgyia anartoides)

S2, Larva, dorsal
Black & White Tiger Moth
(Spilosoma glatignyi)

Larva, dorsal
Halgania Moth
(Utetheisa pulchelloides)

Larva, dorsal
Herringbone Caterpillar
(Proteuxoa cf sp ES02)

Larva, dorsal
Herringbone Caterpillar
(Proteuxoa cf sp ES05)

Larva1
Grass Day Moth
(Apina callisto)

Larva
Hibbertia Moth
(Phalaenoides glycinae)

Larva, Profile
Green Looper
(Plusiinae cf sp)

Lepidoptera - Moths & Butterflies

Larvae, Close up on one
Gumleaf Skeletoniser
(Uraba lugens)

Larva, dorsal
Patterned Notodontid
(Aglaosoma cf variegata)

Larva, Head & dorsal
Bag Shelter Moth
(Ochrogaster lunifer)

Larva, dorsal
Boisduval's Autumn Moth
(Oenosandra boisduvalii)

Larva, Dorsal
Horehound Plume Moth
(Wheeleria spilodactylus)

Larva, On the Move
Case Moth
(Lomera sp ES01)

Larva, dorsal
Messy-case Moth
(Lomera sp ES02)

Larva, On the Move
Tineid Case Moth
(Tineidae sp)

Lepidoptera - Moths & Butterflies

S4, Larva, dorsal
Wattle Cup Moth
(Calcarifera ordinata)

Larva, back
Cup Moth
(Comana sp)

Larva, dorsal
Four-spotted Cup Moth
(Doratifera quadriguttata)

Larva, dorsal
Black-rimmed Brown
(Heteronympha merope ssp merope)

Larva, profile
Meadow Argus
(Junonia villida)

Larva, dorsal
Dainty Swallowtail
(Papilio anactus)

Larvae, profile, Legs
Small Cabbage White
(Pieris rapae)

Mantodea - Mantids

S2, Female Nymph, dorsal
Southern Boxer Bark Mantid
(Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis)

Mantodea - Mantids

S1, Female Nymph, dorsal
Mallee Grass Mantis
(Archimantis sobrina)

S3, Female Nymph, dorsal
Dryland Mantis
(Coenomantis kraussiana)

Nymph S4, dorsal
Australian Green Mantid
(Orthodera ministralis)

S5, Nymph, dorsal
Grass Mantid
(Rhodomantis disparilis)

Nymph, Front
Purplewinged Mantid
(Tenodera australasiae)

Neuroptera - Antlions, Lacewings & Owlflies

Larva
Brown Lacewing
(Hemerobiidae cf sp)

Orthoptera - Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids

S5, Juvi, dorsal
Bark-mimicking Grasshopper
(Coryphistes ruricola)

S3, Juvenile
Green-lichen Stonehopper
(Cratilopus sp ES01)

Orthoptera - Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids

Nymph
Gumleaf Grasshopper
(Goniaea australasiae)

S8, Male Nymph, profile
Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper
(Goniaea opomaloides)

S14, Female,5th Instar, profile with leg
Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper
(Goniaea opomaloides)

Green Nymph
Wet-area Grasshopper
(Perloccia evittata)

S6, Early Instar, dorsal
Spotted Bandwing
(Qualetta maculata)

S9, 5th Instar, dorsal
Spotted Bandwing
(Qualetta maculata)

Nymph, dorsal
Eastern Urnisa
(Urnisa sp 1)

Nymph, dorsal
Sand Dune Grasshopper
(Urnisiella rubropunctata)

Orthoptera - Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids

Nymph
Australian Grass Pyrgomorph
(Atractomorpha australis)

S14, Juvi Male, dorsal
Adelaide Pyrgomorph
(Monistria discrepans)

S2, Male Nymph, dorsal
Ellura's Pygmy Grasshopper
(Cyphotettix ellurae)

Male Nymph, dorsal, ~12mm
Mottled Bush Cricket
(Eurepa marginipennis)

Rotated, Juvi Fem, Eating it's Exuviae
Spider Cricket
(Endacusta australis)

S2,Female Nymph, dorsal
Calperum Gumleaf Katydid
(Terpandrus calperum)

S5, Female Nymph, dorsal
Southern Bush Katydid
(Tinzeda sororoides)

S3, Young Nymph
Gumleaf Katydid
(Torbia viridissima)

Orthoptera - Crickets, Grasshoppers & Katydids

S1, Late Instar, profile
Gumleaf Katydid
(Torbia viridissima)

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