r/australianwildlife Feb 02 '22

Why you should not feed wild animals

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r/australianwildlife Feb 06 '23

A comprehensive list of Australian wildlife organisations and charities deserving of our donations and support?

35 Upvotes

There are a great many groups out there big and small doing important work to help support our precious but increasingly threatened remaining wildlife, and they are all doing it hard with a great deal of expense and effort and they all need as much support as we can all give them to protect what we have left.

I know that I'm always looking for different groups to give any cash i can spare whether by direct donations or by purchasing gifts like shirts and calendars that i can give away to friends.

It would be great if we could get a long list going here in the comments of groups around the country deserving our support.

Maybe the r/australianwildlife mods could make a sticky post at the top of this sub for this purpose?


r/australianwildlife 8h ago

Identify the spider

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68 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 8h ago

Little rough scale snake playing peekaboo in the grass

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41 Upvotes

Juvenile Tropidechis carinatus


r/australianwildlife 4h ago

Insect ID

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Please help me ID this bug, this lil fella was in NSW in the hunter region on a pumpkin. Google lens is telling me that it is Henosepilachna elaterii, a type of ladybird (this is the pre-glow-up/adulthood), that isn't found in this part of the planet. If this really is that critter, where do I report this?


r/australianwildlife 1d ago

Tawny frogmouth chick 🐣 now safe & doing well with wildlife carer 🫶🏼

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462 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 3h ago

Google lens says grey house spider (East Coast Queensland) is that right?

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Is this a grey house spider? It was pretty calm but I was more curious about google saying it's venomous but not lethal and only causes localised pain plus swelling, is that true? Just asking out or curiosity I'm not afraid of the thing haha I even picked it up to move it over to the garden so it's not an aggressive one at all and quite small.


r/australianwildlife 22h ago

Adelaide Koala & Wildlife Centre will close at the end of 2025 without significant financial support

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27 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 1d ago

What moth is this?

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49 Upvotes

Snapped this sitting on the spare tyre of Dad’s Trooper. Tried Googling brown moths but not much help. Links to good ID sites or any suggestions as to what this moth is would be great :)


r/australianwildlife 19h ago

Lace monitors

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Has anyone seen any Lace monitors in Wagga?


r/australianwildlife 2d ago

Made a new friend at work ❤️

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192 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 2d ago

What kind of geck is this?

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115 Upvotes

I've found so many native geckos on this property, there are lots of different colour variations. Are a lot of them just the same gecko with different patterns? Like pythons? Or are there just a lotta fucking species of geckos?


r/australianwildlife 1d ago

Tina Sangian on Instagram: "Australian Birds"

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r/australianwildlife 2d ago

Graceful tree frog got that STANCE

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312 Upvotes

Ranoidea gracilenta


r/australianwildlife 2d ago

Gecko id

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27 Upvotes

Found Blue Mountains, Blaxland.


r/australianwildlife 2d ago

Frog ID

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31 Upvotes

Terrible picture, I know, but best I could get before he dived under water. In our fish pond, Latrobe Valley, VIC. Sounds like a dripping tap!


r/australianwildlife 2d ago

Water Dragon

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147 Upvotes

Found this fella lurking in the cabanas at Wet n' Wild theme park.


r/australianwildlife 2d ago

Don't splash me! - Great Otway National Park - Trailcam

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53 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 3d ago

Cute possum on fence

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121 Upvotes

Little visitor we had from tonight!


r/australianwildlife 3d ago

Australian Fur Seal, Narooma Breakwall.

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101 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 3d ago

Very pretty water dragons in shed!

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148 Upvotes

Their sheds would fit together like a puzzle piece.


r/australianwildlife 3d ago

Jewel bugs (Stanwell Tops, December 2024)

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122 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 3d ago

What are these clear spheres all over the beach? Northern NSW

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123 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 3d ago

Morning visitors

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These 2 chonks greeted me on my back veranda this morning. I don’t feed them I think they were just saying g’day - I don’t think old mate was impressed with my whistle.


r/australianwildlife 3d ago

Greater Glider

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76 Upvotes

r/australianwildlife 3d ago

Sleepy small eyed snake

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86 Upvotes

Cryptophis nigrescens


r/australianwildlife 3d ago

Leopard slugs mating.

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36 Upvotes