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Body about 1.5cm

Only one seen in high alpine rocky area

very small; see https://www.insetologia.com.br/2021/02/gorgulho-odontopus-em-brasilia.html from https://inaturalist.ca/observations/66443907
Found on flowering avocado tree, Persea sp

Weevil on Aciphylla glacialis

On an Oregon black truffle

At first I thought it was Vorticeros but no antennae are present and these a a bit larger and also have eyes. Interesting how these are so similarly coloured to Vorticeros.

~0.5cm long
<1m depth

Curculionidae sp. GC10
Identified as Curculionidae on Bowerbird by Graeme Cocks

? feeding on wax scale ?
on Podocarpus elatus

Found on agapanthus XOXO

~9mm
Yes, it's alive. Plays dead when touched, very good for taking photos :)

in leaf litter. scale 5mm sq

chopping raw mangoes for pickling always brings little surprises

About 5 mm long. On a Brachyglottis bud. Many of these in the garden.

Collected in pitfall trap beside Aciphylla aurea. 1mm scale bar.

Pupae is from a Braconidae wasp currently being identified in a separate observation.

This observation is for the beetle. The Cocktail Ants are recorded separately at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79495622

Seems to be carrying some kind of parasitic larvae.