Birds To Look Out For

Overview

The following birds are of special interest to us and we would like to recieve more reports on them. They are species that are of conservation concern and are rare or threatened. The more we can learn about them the better.

No species currently belong to this list.

Vulnerable * (change?)
* designates formal legal status

All invasiveness levels (change?)

Insects

Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Click beetles (Elateridae)
- Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
- Carab beetles (Carabidae)
- Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
- Lady beetles (Coccinellidae)
- Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
- Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
- Stag beetles (Lucanidae)
- Water beetles (several families)
- Weevils (Curculionoidea)
- Other beetles
- Checkered Beetles (Cleridae)
- Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)
Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
- Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae)
- Nymphs (Nymphalidae)
- Skippers (Hesperiidae)
- Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
- Whites & Yellows (Pieridae)
Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)
Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
- Damselflies (Zygoptera)
- Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
- Crickets (Orthoptera, several families)
- Grasshoppers (several families)
- Katydids (Tettigoniidae)
Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
Moths (Lepidoptera)
- Anthelid moths (Anthelidae)
- Case moths (Psychidae)
- Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)
- Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
- Emperor moths (Saturniidae)
- Geometer moths (Geometridae)
- Hawk moths (Sphingidae)
- Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
- Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)
- Sun moths (Castniidae)
- Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)
- Tiger moths (Arctiinae)
- Tortricid moths (Tortricidae)
- Wood moths (Cossidae)
- Other moths
Praying mantises (Mantodea)
Primitive insects
- Silverfish (Zygentoma)
- Springtails (Collembola)
- Other primitive insects
Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)
Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
- Assassin bugs (Reduviidae)
- Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)
- Water & Shore Bugs (several families)
- Other true bugs
True flies (Diptera)
- Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
- Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
- Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
- Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
- Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)
- Hover flies (Syrphidae)
- Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
- March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
- Mydas flies (Mydidae)
- Pelecorhynchid flies (Pelecorhynchidae)
- Robber flies (Asilidae)
- Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
- Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
- Other true flies
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
- Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)
- Parasitic wasps (numerous families)
- Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)
- Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)
- Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
- Spider wasps (Pompilidae)
- Other wasps
- Velvet Ants (Mutillidae)
Other insects
- Plant Lice (Psocodea, Pscoptera, several families)
- Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
- Dobsonflies & Alderflies (Megaloptera)
- Earwigs (Dermaptera)
- Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
- Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (Mecoptera)
- Stoneflies (Plecoptera)
- Termites (superfamily Termitoidea)
- Thrips (Thysanoptera)
- Webspinners (Embioptera)
- Fleas (Siphonaptera)
- Lice (Psocodea, Phthiraptera, several families)
Lacewings (Neuroptera)
- Antlions (Myrmeleontidae)
- Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae)
- Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae)
- Other Lacewings (several families)
Unidentified Insect Galls
- Acacia Galls
- Eucalyptus Galls
- Other Plant Galls