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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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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

larvae

Perga dorsalis (Steel-blue sawfly, spitfire)

Perga dorsalis
Perga dorsalis
Perga dorsalis

Perga sp. (genus) (Sawfly or Spitfire)

Adult

Adult

Larvae

Larvae
Perga sp. (genus)
Adult
Larvae

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)

Pycnostictus seriatus (Common Bandwing)

Pycnostictus seriatus
Pycnostictus seriatus
Pycnostictus seriatus
Pycnostictus seriatus

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
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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