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Meringo Nature Reserve field guide

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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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Bibionidae (family) (Bibionid fly)

FEMALE

FEMALE

MALE

MALE
Bibionidae (family)
Bibionidae (family)
FEMALE
MALE

Blattidae sp. (family) (Unidentified blattid cockroach)

Blattidae sp. (family)
Blattidae sp. (family)
Blattidae sp. (family)
Blattidae sp. (family)

Bobilla sp. (genus) (A Small field cricket)

Bobilla sp. (genus)
Bobilla sp. (genus)
Bobilla sp. (genus)
Bobilla sp. (genus)

Byallius sp. (genus) (Byallius darkling beetle)

Byallius sp. (genus)
Byallius sp. (genus)
Byallius sp. (genus)

Cardiothorax monarensis (Darkling beetle)

Cardiothorax monarensis
Cardiothorax monarensis
Cardiothorax monarensis

Chelapsalta puer (Cassinia Cicada)

Chelapsalta puer
Chelapsalta puer
Chelapsalta puer

Cryptobothrus chrysophorus (Golden Bandwing)

Cryptobothrus chrysophorus
Cryptobothrus chrysophorus
Cryptobothrus chrysophorus
Cryptobothrus chrysophorus

Dichromodes ainaria (A geometer or looper moth)

Dichromodes ainaria
Dichromodes ainaria
Dichromodes ainaria

Goniaea australasiae (Gumleaf grasshopper)

Goniaea australasiae
Goniaea australasiae
Male

Male
Goniaea australasiae
Male

Iridomyrmex purpureus (Meat Ant)

Iridomyrmex purpureus
Iridomyrmex purpureus
Iridomyrmex purpureus
Iridomyrmex purpureus

Leistomorpha brontoscopa (A concealer moth)

Female

Female

Male

Male
Leistomorpha brontoscopa
Female
Male

Myrmecia sp. (genus) (Bull ant or Jack Jumper)

Myrmecia sp. (genus)
Myrmecia sp. (genus)
Myrmecia sp. (genus)
Myrmecia sp. (genus)

Panesthia australis (Common wood cockroach)

Panesthia australis
Panesthia australis
Panesthia australis

Paropsis pictipennis (Tea-tree button beetle)

Paropsis pictipennis
Paropsis pictipennis
Paropsis pictipennis
Paropsis pictipennis

Paropsisterna insignita (Eucalyptus leaf beetle)

Paropsisterna insignita
Paropsisterna insignita
Paropsisterna insignita

Paropsisterna octolineata (A leaf beetle)

Paropsisterna octolineata
Paropsisterna octolineata

Phaulacridium vittatum (Wingless Grasshopper)

Phaulacridium vittatum
Phaulacridium vittatum
Phaulacridium vittatum
Phaulacridium vittatum

Philobota undescribed species near arabella (A concealer moth)

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

Syrphini (tribe) (Unidentified syrphine hover fly)

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

Tetrigidae (family) (Pygmy grasshopper)

Tetrigidae (family)
Tetrigidae (family)
Tetrigidae (family)
Tetrigidae (family)
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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.