March Madness II

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Dermaleipa microrrhoea Cocoon
Darwin
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FF Dermaleipa microrrhoea
Darwin FF

FF Dermaleipa microrrhoea Larva feeding on Billy Goat Plum Terminalia ferdinandiana Darwin FF

FF Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta
Darwin
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Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta Cocoon
Darwin
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Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta Larva 3rd Instar
Feeding On
Billy Goat Plum Planchonia careya
Darwin
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Figleaf Beetle - Poneridia australis
Feeding On
Sandpaper Fig Ficus opposita
Darwin
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Flannel Weed Sida cordifolia
Darwin
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Flower Spider Diaea evanida
Darwin
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Flower Spider Diaea sp. On Egg Case
Darwin
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Gomphrena flaccida
Darwin
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Green Mottled Planthopper - Siphanta hebes
Darwin
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Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
Darwin
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Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea
Darwin
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Hawk Moth Psilogramma exigua 2nd Instar larva
Feeding On Clerodendrum floribundum var. coriaceum
Darwin
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Iridomyrmex sanguineus
Darwin
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Leaf Roller Epiphyas postvittana
Feeding On Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
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Leaf Roller Epiphyas postvittana Nest Site
Darwin
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Leaf Tortoise Beetle Cassidinae sp.
Darwin
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Monkey Grasshopper EUMASTACIDAE sp.
Darwin
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Monkey Grasshopper EUMASTACIDAE sp.Possible Morabine sp. Mating
Darwin
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March Madness III

FF Olene mendosa
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
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Orange Spider Wasp - Priocnemis bicolor
Darwin FF

FF Orvasca aliena Larva
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
FF FF Orvasca aliena Moth Cocoon
Darwin F
F FF Orvasca aliena Adult
Darwin
FF FF Orvasca aliena Moth Starting to Cocoon
Darwin
FF FF Painted Pine Moth - Orgyia australis
Darwin
FF FF Pararguda crocota Cocoon
Darwin
FF FF Pararguda crocota
Darwin
FF FF Pararguda crocota
Darwin
FF FF Planthopper Ricania sp. and Nymph
Darwin
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FF Planthopper Ricania sp. Nymph
Darwin
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FF Possible Tussock Moth LYMANTRIIDAE sp.
Darwin FF

FF Unidentified catepillar
Darwin
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FF Velvet Ant Family Mutillidae
Female
Ephutomorpha sp.
Darwin
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TROPICAL Cyclone Carlos I

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Weather Channel senior meteorologist Dick Whitaker said Darwin recorded a total of 339.6mm of rain during the 24 hours ending at 9am today.

"This is an all time 24 hour rainfall record for the city," he said.

This rain is on top of the 131mm which fell in the previous 24 hours. The two-day total of more than 450mm is also a new record.

A side-effect of this persistent rain is cold weather.

Darwin is experiencing some of its coldest wet season weather on record as the temperature struggles to exceed 25 degrees.

Today's downpour has taken Darwin's monthly rainfall past 950 millimetres, making it their wettest month in 34 years, and is within striking distance of becoming the wettest month on record.

This month has now become wetter than January 1995 when 940mm fell and as of 3pm Wednesday was only 60mm short of the record 1013mm, set in March 1977.

More than half of this month's rain came down in just three days last week, during Cyclone Carlos' development. This was the wettest three days on record, when a whopping 645mm fell.

Some parts of Darwin have already exceeded one metre of rain for February. Up until this morning Leanyer had 1060mm.
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Banded-legged Aretza Aretza sp .3
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii Cocoon
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii Cocoon
In Underground Chamber
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii larvae 5th Instar
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
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Blattellid Cockroaches Balta sp.
Darwin
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Burying Mantid - Sphodropoda tristis
Darwin
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Cartonema sp
Darwin
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Cartonema sp
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Cartonema spicatum
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls.
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Clearwing Swallowtail Cressida cressida
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Clerodendrum floribundum
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Commelina ensifolia
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna Catepillar
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna Cocoon
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna Empty Cocoon
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna Immediately After Hatching
Darwin
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Cricket Salmanites taltantris
Darwin
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Crusader Bug - Mictis profana 3rd Instar
Darwin
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Cycad Cycas calcicola
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Diptera sp.
Darwin
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