Photographed between Albury and Tarcutta.

Any idea what species or genus these are?

Start with this moth. This moth is huge, I’ve never seen a moth as big as this. I measured it as 8.5 cm from nose to wing-tip. It’s fatter than my thumb.

Grasshoppers the same shape come in a range of colours, so not sure if these are the same species or not.

Another type of grasshopper

And two praying mantis just for fun.

What Katy-did?

On a more serious note. All of these species, plus a cricket, large scarab beetle, and numerous small flies and mosquitos, are attracted by house lights at night. And should therefore be treated as threatened because the house lights upset their migration pattern.

mollwollfumble said:

Photographed between Albury and Tarcutta.

Any idea what species or genus these are?

Start with this moth. This moth is huge, I’ve never seen a moth as big as this. I measured it as 8.5 cm from nose to wing-tip. It’s fatter than my thumb.

Grasshoppers the same shape come in a range of colours, so not sure if these are the same species or not.

Another type of grasshopper

And two praying mantis just for fun.

What Katy-did?

On a more serious note. All of these species, plus a cricket, large scarab beetle, and numerous small flies and mosquitos, are attracted by house lights at night. And should therefore be treated as threatened because the house lights upset their migration pattern.

Do you know about iNaturalist moll? If you join, you can upload your photos and someone may come along and ID for you.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/

(I am well and truly hooked and spend some time each day doing IDs of plants. I also contribute. I have a couple of thousand observations up now)

buffy said:

Do you know about iNaturalist moll? If you join, you can upload your photos and someone may come along and ID for you.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/

(I am well and truly hooked and spend some time each day doing IDs of plants. I also contribute. I have a couple of thousand observations up now)

Ta buffy. This is new to me.

mollwollfumble said:

buffy said:

Do you know about iNaturalist moll? If you join, you can upload your photos and someone may come along and ID for you.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/

(I am well and truly hooked and spend some time each day doing IDs of plants. I also contribute. I have a couple of thousand observations up now)

Ta buffy. This is new to me.

It’s part of Atlas of Living Australia.

mollwollfumble said:

Photographed between Albury…

I’ll just remain in my bunker.

OCDC said:

mollwollfumble said:

Photographed between Albury…

I’ll just remain in my bunker.

The electric interweb hasn’t heard of a grasshooper.

mollwollfumble said:

Photographed between Albury and Tarcutta.

Any idea what species or genus these are?

Start with this moth. This moth is huge, I’ve never seen a moth as big as this. I measured it as 8.5 cm from nose to wing-tip. It’s fatter than my thumb.

Grasshoppers the same shape come in a range of colours, so not sure if these are the same species or not.

Another type of grasshopper

And two praying mantis just for fun.

What Katy-did?

On a more serious note. All of these species, plus a cricket, large scarab beetle, and numerous small flies and mosquitos, are attracted by house lights at night. And should therefore be treated as threatened because the house lights upset their migration pattern.

First one looks to be a rather battered Goat Moth, which only live a few days.
https://esperancewildlife.blogspot.com/2010/06/endoxyla-bipustulatus-goat-moth.html

mollwollfumble said:

Photographed between Albury and Tarcutta.

Any idea what species or genus these are?

Start with this moth. This moth is huge, I’ve never seen a moth as big as this. I measured it as 8.5 cm from nose to wing-tip. It’s fatter than my thumb.

Grasshoppers the same shape come in a range of colours, so not sure if these are the same species or not.

Another type of grasshopper

And two praying mantis just for fun.

What Katy-did?

On a more serious note. All of these species, plus a cricket, large scarab beetle, and numerous small flies and mosquitos, are attracted by house lights at night. And should therefore be treated as threatened because the house lights upset their migration pattern.

Photos 2.3, and 4 appear to be the one species, although a side photo would confirm. They appear to be the Giant Green Slantface – Acrida conica. https://esperancewildlife.blogspot.com/2012/03/giant-green-slantface-acrida-conica.html

mollwollfumble said:

Photographed between Albury and Tarcutta.

Any idea what species or genus these are?

Start with this moth. This moth is huge, I’ve never seen a moth as big as this. I measured it as 8.5 cm from nose to wing-tip. It’s fatter than my thumb.

Grasshoppers the same shape come in a range of colours, so not sure if these are the same species or not.

Another type of grasshopper

And two praying mantis just for fun.

What Katy-did?

On a more serious note. All of these species, plus a cricket, large scarab beetle, and numerous small flies and mosquitos, are attracted by house lights at night. And should therefore be treated as threatened because the house lights upset their migration pattern.

Photo 5 seems to be Common Macrotona – Macrotona sp. (probably) M. australis
https://esperancewildlife.blogspot.com/2011/04/common-macrotona-macrotona-sp-probably.html

mollwollfumble said:

Photographed between Albury and Tarcutta.

Any idea what species or genus these are?

Start with this moth. This moth is huge, I’ve never seen a moth as big as this. I measured it as 8.5 cm from nose to wing-tip. It’s fatter than my thumb.

Grasshoppers the same shape come in a range of colours, so not sure if these are the same species or not.

Another type of grasshopper

And two praying mantis just for fun.

What Katy-did?

On a more serious note. All of these species, plus a cricket, large scarab beetle, and numerous small flies and mosquitos, are attracted by house lights at night. And should therefore be treated as threatened because the house lights upset their migration pattern.

Last photo looks to be Gumleaf Torbia, Torbia viridissima