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Larvae taken into protective custody to raise to adults.

Raising insects
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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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Apocrita (suborder) (Unidentified wasp)

Apocrita (suborder)
Apocrita (suborder)
Apocrita (suborder)
Apocrita (suborder)

Cecidomyiidae (family) (Gall gnat)

Cecidomyiidae (family)
Cecidomyiidae (family)
Cecidomyiidae (family)
Cecidomyiidae (family)

Chalcidoidea (superfamily) (A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp)

Chalcidoidea (superfamily)
Chalcidoidea (superfamily)
Chalcidoidea (superfamily)
Chalcidoidea (superfamily)

Chlenias banksiaria group (A Geometer moth)

Male

Male

Male underside

Male underside
Larva

Larva
Male
Male underside
Larva

Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE (Unidentified Cone Case Moth larva, pupa, or case)

Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE
Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE
Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE
Conoeca or Lepidoscia (genera) IMMATURE

Cotesia sp. (genus) (Microgastrine wasp)

Cotesia sp. (genus)
Cotesia sp. (genus)
Paul pupa having emerged from host caterpillar

Paul pupa having emerged from host caterpillar
Paul pupa having emerged from host caterpillar

Heliocosma melanotypa (A tortrix or leafroller moth)

Heliocosma melanotypa
Heliocosma melanotypa
Heliocosma melanotypa

Hyalarcta huebneri (Leafy Case Moth)

Hyalarcta huebneri
Hyalarcta huebneri
Hyalarcta huebneri
Hyalarcta huebneri

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

Male

Male

Larva

Larva
Underside

Underside
Nyctemera amicus
Male
Larva
Underside

Paropsini sp. (tribe) (Unidentified paropsine leaf beetle)

Paropsini sp. (tribe)
Paropsini sp. (tribe)
Paropsini sp. (tribe)
Paropsini sp. (tribe)

Paropsis variolosa (Variolosa leaf beetle)

Paropsis variolosa
Paropsis variolosa
Larvae stage

Larvae stage
Larvae stage

Paropsisterna cloelia (Eucalyptus variegated beetle)

Paropsisterna cloelia
Paropsisterna cloelia
larvae

larvae

Paropsisterna cloelia
larvae

Poecilocryptus sp. (genus) (Yellow Ichneumon)

Poecilocryptus sp. (genus)
Poecilocryptus sp. (genus)
Poecilocryptus sp. (genus)

Pseudoperga sp. (genus) (Sawfly, Spitfire)

Pseudoperga sp. (genus)
Pseudoperga sp. (genus)
Pseudoperga sp. (genus)

Uraba lugens (Gumleaf Skeletonizer)

Male

Male

Female

Female
Uraba lugens
Uraba lugens
Male
Female
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