Insects

Ants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the ant galleries, or click HERE for information about ants.


Bees, Wasps & Sawflies

Polistes sp. poss tepidus - Twntn051105 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the bee, wasp and sawfly galleries, or click HERE for information about bees, wasps and sawflies.


Beetles

Harmonia conformis - Common Spotted Ladybird - Wrrmbngl211014 (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the beetle galleries, or click HERE for information about beetles.


True Bugs

Oncopeltus microps - SrprsCrk191013 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the bug galleries, or click HERE for information about bugs.


Cicadas & Hoppers (Bugs)

Ishidaella anemolua - SrprsCrk231013 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the cicada and hopper galleries, or click HERE for information about bugs.


Aphids, Scale Insects & Mealybugs (Bugs)

Unknown aphid - Mntrs270813 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the aphid, scale insect and mealybug galleries, or click HERE for information about bugs.


Butterflies & Moths

Choreutis periploca - FlckrGrdns201013 (4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the butterfly and moth galleries, or click HERE for information about butterflies and moths.


Flies

Bactrocera sp. - SprngCrk111013 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the fly galleries, or click HERE for information about flies.


Dragonflies & Damselflies

Blue Skimmer - Orthetrum caledonicum - male MtLofty310115 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the dragonfly and damselfly galleries, or click HERE for information about dragonflies and damselflies.


Stick & Leaf Insects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the stick and leaf insect galleries, or click HERE for information about stick and leaf insects.


Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids

Goniaea opomaloides - Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper - NNP201111 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the grasshopper, cricket and katydid galleries, or click HERE for information about grasshoppers, crickets and katydids.


Cockroaches

A colourful Ellipsidion sp. nymph, family Ectobiidae.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the cockroach galleries, or click HERE for information about cockroaches.


Praying Mantids

Pseudomantis albofimbriata - False Garden Mantid - fem Mntrs140614 (6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the praying mantid galleries, or click HERE for information on praying mantids.


Scorpion Flies

Scorpion Fly - Harpobittacus sp. (poss nigriceps) - MtLofty061112 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the scorpion fly galleries, or click HERE for information on scorpion flies.


Lacewings, Antlions & Owlflies

Porismus strigatus - Osmylid Lacewing - WrrndytSP190311 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the lacewing, antlion and owlfly galleries, or click HERE for information on lacewings, antlions and owlflies.


Mayflies

Unknown Mayfly - MsmnGrg091013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the mayfly galleries, or click HERE for information on mayflies.


Caddisflies

Unknown caddisfly 3 - KngfshrPrk151013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the caddisfly galleries, or click HERE for information on caddisflies.


Dobsonflies & Alderflies

Dobsonfly - Archichauliodes sp. - PenTnnl221212 (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the dobsonfly and alderfly galleries, or click HERE for information on dobsonflies and alderflies.


Stoneflies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the stonefly galleries, or click HERE for information on stoneflies.


Web-spinners

A winged male Web-spinner found near Melbourne, Victoria.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the web-spinner galleries, or click HERE for information on web-spinners.


Psocids

Calopsocus sp. from northern Queensland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the psocid galleries, or click HERE for information on psocids.


Earwigs

Unknown sp. - MtLofty181014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the earwig galleries, or click HERE for information on earwigs.


Thrips

Giant Thrip, Mecynothrips_sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the thrip galleries, or click HERE for information on thrips.


Termites

Nasutitermes sp. - BlckMntn121114 (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on the image to see the termite galleries, or click HERE for information on termites.