Neon Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus nitidulus)

A beautiful roosting neon cuckoo bee (Thyreus nitidulus)! Check out my website for prints, licensing or to contact me for image use requests: www.jamesdoreyphotography.com.au

Boxer mantis (Paraoxypilus tasmaniensis)

First instar boxer mantis nymphs, reared from the eggs of a collected adult.

Robber fly (Asilidae)

These guys were out in force around Byron Bay during January of 2017. Many were found roosting on low branches and twigs at night and seen actively hunting prey during the day or mating. This individual was roosting at night.

Blue-banded Bee (Amegilla cingulata)

Our new king

Cane toads have long been an issue in Australia. It is sad now that when walking through remnant rainforest at night I no longer hear the plopping of beautiful green tree frogs but rather the frantic scampering of cane toads. Their ubiquety and grand success makes them the new king of the Amphibians, confident in their usurped role.

Cuckoo wasp (Primeuchroeus sp.)

Shot with my 10x microscope objective

Clearwing Swallowtail (Cressida cressida) Female

Reflected while on a branch over some water

Tiny Eulophidae wasp sp. 1

Featured in 24th September NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC daily dozen! yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/daily-dozen/2014-09-24/

Pupating Common Crow Butterfly Sequence

Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)

A cute little baby water dragon that was found sleeping on a leaf in the rainforest at night. Clearly though I managed to wake the poor fellow.

Glowing fungi (Mycena lampadis)

This wonderful glowing fungus was found in a remnant rainforest near Byron Bay. Small clusters of it glowed in the rotting logs and leaflittler of the forest floor in January of 2017. These little fungi made for a small green galaxy, restricted to the rainforest's bounds.

Homalictus fijiensis (female)

A native Fijian bee from Nadi, Fiji.

Yellow Carabeen (Sloanea woollsii)

A large panorama of this amazing Rainforest tree from Northern NSW, Australia

Megachile apicata male

This male took a bit to get a good ID on, because he has unusual lobed antennae, which are not present in most other specimens! It required a closer look and a particular camera angle to be sure of an ID.

Amphylaeus morosus Female

A. morosus ranges from Victoria all the way up to QLD, not occuring far beyond the great sandy national park.

Large Brown Mantid (Archimantis latistyla) eating a Tiger Crane Fly (Nephrotoma australasiae)

Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus Female

Richmond Birdwing Butterfly

Palaeorhiza (Callorhiza) turneriana

Austroplebeia cassiae Male and Female

Tawny Frogmouth composite

Captured on a camera trap in the northern Rivers of NSW, with a star shot taken at the exact same location showing something of the habitat in which these birds liv. The township of Lennox Head can be seen in the background.