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Insects

Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)
Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Praying mantises (Mantodea)
Primitive insects
Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)
Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
True flies (Diptera)
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Other insects
Lacewings (Neuroptera)
Unidentified Insect Galls

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Adversaeschna brevistyla (Blue-spotted Hawker)

Male. Can have blue or yellow/white with brown eyes

Male. Can have blue or yellow/white with brown eyes

Adversaeschna brevistyla
Female

Female
Adversaeschna brevistyla
Male. Can have blue or yellow/white with brown eyes
Female

Anax papuensis (Australian Emperor)

Anax papuensis
Anax papuensis
Anax papuensis
Anax papuensis

Apis mellifera (European honey bee)

Apis mellifera
Apis mellifera
Apis mellifera
Apis mellifera

Argynnina cyrila (Forest Brown, Cyril's Brown)

Argynnina cyrila
Argynnina cyrila
Argynnina cyrila

Austroaeschna multipunctata (Multi-spotted Darner)

Austroaeschna multipunctata
Austroaeschna multipunctata
Austroaeschna multipunctata
Austroaeschna multipunctata

Austroaeschna unicornis (Unicorn Darner)

Austroaeschna unicornis
Austroaeschna unicornis
Austroaeschna unicornis
Austroaeschna unicornis

Danaus plexippus (Monarch)

MALE

MALE

Danaus plexippus
MALE

MALE
Danaus plexippus
MALE
MALE

Delias harpalyce (Imperial Jezebel)

Delias harpalyce
Delias harpalyce
Delias harpalyce
Delias harpalyce

Eusynthemis sp. (genus) (Tigertail)

Eusynthemis sp. (genus)
Eusynthemis sp. (genus)
Eusynthemis sp. (genus)
Eusynthemis sp. (genus)

Geitoneura klugii (Marbled Xenica)

Geitoneura klugii
Geitoneura klugii
Geitoneura klugii
Geitoneura klugii

Goniaea australasiae (Gumleaf grasshopper)

Goniaea australasiae
Goniaea australasiae
Goniaea australasiae
Goniaea australasiae

Hypochrysops byzos (Yellow Jewel)

Hypochrysops byzos
Hypochrysops byzos
Hypochrysops byzos

Iridomyrmex purpureus (Meat Ant)

Iridomyrmex purpureus
Iridomyrmex purpureus
Iridomyrmex purpureus
Iridomyrmex purpureus

Lampides boeticus (Long-tailed Pea-blue)

Lampides boeticus
Lampides boeticus
Lampides boeticus
Lampides boeticus

Mesodina halyzia (Eastern Iris-skipper)

Mesodina halyzia
Mesodina halyzia
Mesodina halyzia

Myrmecia tarsata (Bull ant or Bulldog ant)

Myrmecia tarsata
Myrmecia tarsata
Myrmecia tarsata
Myrmecia tarsata

Neolucia agricola (Fringed Heath-blue)

Neolucia agricola
Neolucia agricola
Neolucia agricola
Neolucia agricola

Paropsis pictipennis (Tea-tree button beetle)

Paropsis pictipennis
Paropsis pictipennis
Paropsis pictipennis
Paropsis pictipennis

Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)

Pieris rapae
Pupa case

Pupa case
Pieris rapae
Pieris rapae
Pupa case

Toxidia doubledayi (Lilac Grass-skipper)

Toxidia doubledayi
Toxidia doubledayi
Toxidia doubledayi
Toxidia doubledayi

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