The weirdest insect you have ever seen - Stick insect

A Giant Prickly stick insect which comes from Australia but found in pert shops here. Unfortunately a lot of people let them loose after a while and so they are found in bush areas. What a beautiful and unusual creature!!

Orange Weevil

After the rain, the insect seem to be coming out en masse.

This beetle I cannot find in any of the books or websites but he is obviously a wingless, ground-burrowing one. His body length is about 2 inches and closely resembles The Red-spotted Lilly Weevil.

Close-up of a butterfly

The Citrus Swallowtail (papilio demodocus)is one of our more common butterflies. It is large with a wingspan of about 85mm. They lay their eggs on citrus trees. I caught this one in the garden and he was frienly enough to crawl on my hand and let me take the following two photographs.
This is a close-up section of the wing. Sometimes I think I should get a microscope for pictures like these.

These were taken of one I found in the garden. He was on his last legs and sat perfectly still while allowing me to take these pictures.