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Not sure what genus this is, potentially something new.

Very small

itty bitty (~2mm) snail under rock!

under rock, ~3-4mm

Beneath wood chunk in dry to slightly damp sclerophyll forest.

about 5 or 6 mm I think

on Acacia cultriformis; body length 8 mm

Curculioninae sp., to actinic light and LepiLED, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, 18 April 2019

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 7-14 October 2022

Large approx 12mm in length. Small approx 8mm in length.

Identified as Pravonitor monteithi on Snails of Australasia Facebook group.

On pampas (Cortaderia sp.)

2.5mm, on Ficus debris

on Eucalyptus sp. (stringybark); body length 7 mm

A very small weevil foind on the flowerhead of Ozothamnus diosmifolius.

Aterpine weevil, perhaps Ophthalmorychus, Lake Lea, Vale of Belvoir, Tasmania, January 2023

on rabbitbrush

On a passion vine, length 20mm

Weevil, Leptopius, thank you Boris Bueche!

@dustaway @sdjbrown

Fieldwork with @ lloyd_esler, @ predomalpha and @ fiestykakapo.
Native coastal beech forest, under a decomposing wood.

5 individuals under dead Allocasuarina tree, size of largest 2-3mm

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 7-14 May 2021

Camouflaged as a bird dropping?

© Bridgette Gower 2021 Aussie Macro Photos

found in a bathroom on the wall
green/mossy color with eye like markings on the head
roughly 2.5cm long

On Acacia leiocalyx

The endemic Tasman Island snail