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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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Aenetus eximia (Forest Splendid Ghost Moth)

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Photo ALA cc

Aenetus eximia
Aenetus eximia
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Anax papuensis (Australian Emperor)

Anax papuensis
Anax papuensis
Anax papuensis
Anax papuensis

Austroaeschna obscura (Sydney Mountain Darner)

Austroaeschna obscura
Austroaeschna obscura
Austroaeschna obscura
Austroaeschna obscura

Austroargiolestes icteromelas (Common Flatwing)

Austroargiolestes icteromelas
Austroargiolestes icteromelas
Austroargiolestes icteromelas
Austroargiolestes icteromelas

Austrogomphus guerini (Yellow-striped Hunter)

Austrogomphus guerini
Austrogomphus guerini
Austrogomphus guerini
Austrogomphus guerini

Bobilla killara (Pygmy Cricket)

Bobilla killara
Bobilla killara
Bobilla killara
Bobilla killara

Candalides xanthospilos (Yellow-spotted Blue)

Candalides xanthospilos
Candalides xanthospilos
Candalides xanthospilos
Candalides xanthospilos

Delias nigrina (Black Jezebel)

Delias nigrina
Delias nigrina
Delias nigrina
Delias nigrina

Dindymus versicolor (Harlequin Bug)

Dindymus versicolor
early stage nymph

early stage nymph
Dindymus versicolor
Dindymus versicolor
early stage nymph

Dolichoderus doriae (Dolly ant)

Note spines on shoulder

Note spines on shoulder

Dolichoderus doriae
Dolichoderus doriae
Note spines on shoulder

Enchoptera apicalis (Longhorn beetle)

Enchoptera apicalis
Enchoptera apicalis
Enchoptera apicalis

Eusynthemis tillyardi

Eusynthemis tillyardi
Eusynthemis tillyardi
Eusynthemis tillyardi

Hesthesis montana (A wasp mimic longhorn beetle)

Hesthesis montana
Hesthesis montana
Hesthesis montana
Hesthesis montana

Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly)

MALE

MALE

FEMALE

FEMALE
Heteronympha merope
Heteronympha merope
MALE
FEMALE

Macrones besti (Longhorn beetle)

Macrones besti
Macrones besti
Macrones besti

Macrones sp. (genus) (A wasp mimicking longhorn beetle)

Macrones sp. (genus)
Macrones sp. (genus)
Macrones sp. (genus)

Melangyna viridiceps (Hover fly)

Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps

Merimnetes sp. (genus) (A weevil)

Merimnetes sp. (genus)
Merimnetes sp. (genus)
Merimnetes sp. (genus)

Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle)

Mordella dumbrelli
Mordella dumbrelli
Mordella dumbrelli
Mordella dumbrelli

Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle)

Mordellidae (family)
Mordellidae (family)
Mordellidae (family)
Mordellidae (family)

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