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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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Leptogaster sp. (genus) (Robber fly)

Leptogaster sp. (genus)
Leptogaster sp. (genus)
Leptogaster sp. (genus)
Leptogaster sp. (genus)

Lucia limbaria (Chequered Copper)

Lucia limbaria
Lucia limbaria
Lucia limbaria
Lucia limbaria

Melangyna viridiceps (Hover fly)

Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps
Melangyna viridiceps

Nososticta solida (Orange Threadtail)

Nososticta solida
Nososticta solida
Nososticta solida
Nososticta solida

Oligoloba severa (Wingia group)

Oligoloba severa
Oligoloba severa
Oligoloba severa
Oligoloba severa

Paropsisterna cloelia (Eucalyptus variegated beetle)

Paropsisterna cloelia
Paropsisterna cloelia
larvae

larvae

Paropsisterna cloelia
larvae

Perginae sp. (subfamily) (Unidentified pergine sawfly)

Perginae sp. (subfamily)
Perginae sp. (subfamily)
Perginae sp. (subfamily)
Perginae sp. (subfamily)

Perunga ochracea (Perunga grasshopper, Cross-dressing Grasshopper)

Perunga ochracea
Perunga ochracea
Nymph stage

Nymph stage
Perunga ochracea
Nymph stage

Philobota undescribed species near arabella (A concealer moth)

Philobota undescribed species near arabella
Philobota undescribed species near arabella
Philobota undescribed species near arabella

Pholodes sinistraria (Sinister or Frilled Bark Moth)

Male

Male

Female

Female
Larvae

Larvae
Pholodes sinistraria
Male
Female
Larvae

Pollanisus (genus) (A Forester Moth)

Pollanisus (genus)
Pollanisus (genus)
Pollanisus (genus)
Pollanisus (genus)

Pycnostictus seriatus (Common Bandwing)

Pycnostictus seriatus
Pycnostictus seriatus
Pycnostictus seriatus
Pycnostictus seriatus

Rhytidoponera metallica (Greenhead ant)

Rhytidoponera metallica
Rhytidoponera metallica
Rhytidoponera metallica
Rhytidoponera metallica

Scopula rubraria (Reddish Wave, Plantain Moth)

Scopula rubraria
Female

Female
Reddish hindwings

Reddish hindwings
Scopula rubraria
Female
Reddish hindwings

Simosyrphus grandicornis (Common hover fly)

Simosyrphus grandicornis
Simosyrphus grandicornis
Simosyrphus grandicornis
Simosyrphus grandicornis

Syrphini (tribe) (Unidentified syrphine hover fly)

Syrphini (tribe)
Syrphini (tribe)
Syrphini (tribe)
Syrphini (tribe)

Uraba lugens (Gumleaf Skeletonizer)

Male

Male

Female

Female
Uraba lugens
Uraba lugens
Male
Female

Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady)

Vanessa kershawi
Vanessa kershawi
Vanessa kershawi
Vanessa kershawi

Yoyetta denisoni (Black Firetail Cicada)

Yoyetta denisoni
Yoyetta denisoni
Yoyetta denisoni

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