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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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Goniaea australasiae (Gumleaf grasshopper)

Goniaea australasiae
Goniaea australasiae
Male

Male
Goniaea australasiae
Male

Goniaea opomaloides (Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper)

Goniaea opomaloides
Goniaea opomaloides
NYMPH

NYMPH
Goniaea opomaloides
NYMPH

Hemicordulia australiae (Australian Emerald)

Hemicordulia australiae
Hemicordulia australiae
Hemicordulia australiae

Hemicordulia tau (Tau Emerald)

Hemicordulia tau
Hemicordulia tau
Hemicordulia tau
Hemicordulia tau

Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly)

MALE

MALE

FEMALE

FEMALE
Heteronympha merope
Heteronympha merope
MALE
FEMALE

Ischnura aurora (Aurora Bluetail)

Ischnura aurora
Ischnura aurora
Ischnura aurora
Ischnura aurora

Ischnura heterosticta (Common Bluetail Damselfly)

Ischnura heterosticta
Ischnura heterosticta
Ischnura heterosticta
Ischnura heterosticta

Junonia villida (Meadow Argus)

Junonia villida
Junonia villida
Larvae

Larvae
Junonia villida
Larvae

Lampides boeticus (Long-tailed Pea-blue)

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

Neoaratus hercules (Herculean Robber Fly)

Neoaratus hercules
Neoaratus hercules
Neoaratus hercules
Neoaratus hercules

Nyctemera amicus (Senecio Moth, Magpie Moth, Cineraria Moth)

Male

Male

Larva

Larva
Underside

Underside
Nyctemera amicus
Male
Larva
Underside

Orthetrum caledonicum (Blue Skimmer)

Orthetrum caledonicum
Orthetrum caledonicum
Orthetrum caledonicum
Orthetrum caledonicum

Paropsis pictipennis (Tea-tree button beetle)

Paropsis pictipennis
Paropsis pictipennis
Paropsis pictipennis

Pseudomantis albofimbriata (False garden mantis)

Pseudomantis albofimbriata
Male

Male
Pseudomantis albofimbriata
Pseudomantis albofimbriata
Male

Toxidia doubledayi (Lilac Grass-skipper)

Toxidia doubledayi
Toxidia doubledayi
Toxidia doubledayi

Toxidia parvula (Banded Grass-skipper)

Toxidia parvula
Toxidia parvula
Toxidia parvula

Tramea loewii (Common Glider)

Tramea loewii
Tramea loewii
Tramea loewii

Trapezites symmomus (Splendid Ochre)

Trapezites symmomus
Trapezites symmomus
Trapezites symmomus

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