Gibraltar Pines

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HelenCross wrote:
Yesterday
What a beauty!

Castiarina brutella
Harrisi wrote:
15 Jan 2025
Thanks Michael, I didnt think menage de toir was common in the insect world!?

Ptilogyna (Plusiomyia) gracilis
15 Jan 2025
Two orange insects are hanging flies - so a predation event

Ptilogyna (Plusiomyia) gracilis
11 Jan 2025
I think it may be a Microtropesa species

Tachinidae (family)
RAllen wrote:
6 Jan 2025
Confession first. I kept walking past and Suzi called me back to see!! She showed me the tubular shelters and how the subsequent growth of leaves resulted in the conspicuous loop. 1st photo shows some adjacent chewing while 2nd shows a couple of doubled back leaves forming loop.

There is doubt of course as my photos not especially clear and we did not peel open shelter to reveal larvae or pupae. Nice to have an alternative breeding site though.

Hesperilla donnysa
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