Maps
Reserves
Gossan Hill

Gossan Hill field guide

View map
Add a sighting Subscribe

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

Filter

Clear
Critically endangered * Endangered * Vulnerable * Very rare / threatened Rare or uncommon native Local native Non-local native Vagrant native Cosmopolitan Migratory Exotic Locally extinct Unknown
Non-invasive or negligible Minor weed or pest Medium weed or pest Major weed or pest Severe weed or pest Unknown

Page 4 of 6

118

Leistomorpha brontoscopa (A concealer moth)

Female

Female

Male

Male
Leistomorpha brontoscopa
Female
Male

Lemidia subaenea (Clerid beetle)

Lemidia subaenea
Lemidia subaenea
Lemidia subaenea

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE (caterpillar or pupa or cocoon)

Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE
Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE

Leptotarsus (Leptotarsus) clavatus (A crane fly)

Leptotarsus (Leptotarsus) clavatus
Leptotarsus (Leptotarsus) clavatus
Leptotarsus (Leptotarsus) clavatus
Leptotarsus (Leptotarsus) clavatus

Lepturidea sp. (genus) (Comb-clawed beetle)

Lepturidea sp. (genus)
Lepturidea sp. (genus)
Lepturidea sp. (genus)

Macrotona australis (Common Macrotona Grasshopper)

Macrotona australis
Macrotona australis
Nymph stage

Nymph stage
Macrotona australis
Nymph stage

Melanterius sp. (genus) (Unidentified Melanterius weevil)

Melanterius sp. (genus)
Melanterius sp. (genus)
Melanterius sp. (genus)

Menida plebeia (Shield Bug)

Menida plebeia
Menida plebeia
Menida plebeia

Merimnetes oblongus (Radiata pine shoot weevil)

Merimnetes oblongus
Merimnetes oblongus
Merimnetes oblongus
Merimnetes oblongus

Microtropesa sp. (genus) (Tachinid fly)

Microtropesa sp. (genus)
Microtropesa sp. (genus)
Microtropesa sp. (genus)

Miridae (family) (Unidentified plant bug)

Miridae (family)
Miridae (family)
Miridae (family)
Miridae (family)

Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle)

Mordella dumbrelli
Mordella dumbrelli
Mordella dumbrelli
Mordella dumbrelli

Mutillidae (family) (Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant)

FEMALE

FEMALE

Mutillidae (family)
MALE

MALE
Mutillidae (family)
FEMALE
MALE

Myrmecia pyriformis (A Bull ant)

Myrmecia pyriformis
Myrmecia pyriformis
Myrmecia pyriformis

Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group (Jack jumper)

Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group
Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group
Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group
Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group

Myrmecorhynchus emeryi (Possum Ant)

Myrmecorhynchus emeryi
Myrmecorhynchus emeryi
Myrmecorhynchus emeryi

Nasutitermes sp. (genus) (Snouted termite, Gluegun termite)

Nasutitermes sp. (genus)
Nasutitermes sp. (genus)
Nasutitermes sp. (genus)

Neolucia agricola (Fringed Heath-blue)

Neolucia agricola
Neolucia agricola
Neolucia agricola

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

Male

Male

Larva

Larva
Underside

Underside
Nyctemera amicus
Male
Larva
Underside

Oechalia schellenbergii (Spined Predatory Shield Bug)

Oechalia schellenbergii
Nymph

Nymph
Oechalia schellenbergii
Nymph

1  2  3  4  5  6 

1,908,838 sightings of 21,429 species from 13,226 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.