Auzzie mozzie does not care if her dinner plate is covered in sand and dirt! Woodgate, Qld.
Profile of a midge on a hibiscus leaf. Kyogle, NSW.
Hello Mr. Mozzie, your mo is magnificent! Kyogle, NSW.
Males have big fluffy antennae and don't suck your blood. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Midges have beautiful wing sheen. This is a male, he has a beautiful mane of tufted antennae. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Mosquito sucking blood from human skin. Kyogle, Qld.
Frontal view of a mosquito feeding on human skin. Kyogle, NSW.
Anopheles sp. mosquito extracts blood from a photographer. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Huge mosquito tries to chew through the phone in my pocket. Oxley Creek, QLD.
A tiny sandfly munches on a caterpillar munching on a grevillea. Caterpillars apparently have haemocyanin - a copper based blood cell that turns green when mixed with oxygen. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Green blood or red blood, name your poison! Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
A midge takes five on a white flower. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
A mess of mozzies. These mozzies were stuck to a line of spider silk like it was fly paper. Some were still moving. I couldn't find the spider. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
A mozzie doing a wee as it sucks blood out of my hand. I saw a drop of water shoot out of it's arse when it started to bite so I waited while it filled up with blood thinking if it's anything like a puppy it will do another pee pretty soon... It did and I managed to get it just as it shot out. So, mozzies are like puppies. No I didn't kill it and yes I probably risked all sorts of nasty diseases. Durack, QLD.
This beautiful and wet creature was found after a shower of rain early one morning. Apparently the males have big fuzzy antennae. Durack, QLD.