It's possible 20 different species can look identical (needing dissection to differentiate); as such many id's here don't go to species level

Animal (Animalia) - Joint Leg (Arthropoda) - Insect (Insecta)
Cockroach Blattodea	Giant Cockroach Blaberidae	Bark Cockroach Laxta sp	Na a
Cockroach Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	White-banded Cockroach Anamesia sp	Na em		Back Profile
Cockroach Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Oriental Cockroach Blatta Orientalis	I a
Cockroach Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Shining Cockroach Drymaplaneta communis	Na em		Back
Cockroach Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Tortoise Cockroach Euzosteria sp	Na em		Instar, dorsal, ~14mm long Instar, anterior Instar, ventral
Cockroach Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Black Cockroach Platyzosteria sp	Na em		Whole, dorsal Profile, front Profile, back Rear (cercus)
Cockroach Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Small Cockroach Temnelytra sp	Na em
Cockroach Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Desert Mid-lined Cockroach Zonioploca medilinea	Na em	Thank you David Rentz for confirming the identification of this species David says in his book "A distinctive species: No other has a single midline stripe". This is the 1st record for this species in South Australia on the ALA website (www.ala.org.au).	Adult
Cockroach Blattodea	Wood Cockroach Ectobiidae	Black Balta Cockroach Balta sp ES1	Na em
Cockroach Blattodea	Wood Cockroach Ectobiidae	Brown Balta Cockroach Balta sp ES2	Na em
Cockroach Blattodea	Wood Cockroach Ectobiidae	Red Balta Cockroach Balta sp ES3	Na a
Beetle Coleoptera	Belid Weevil Belidae	Spotted Belid Weevil Rhinotia sp ES1	Na ema		Front Back
Beetle Coleoptera	Belid Weevil Belidae	Red Belid Weevil Rhinotia sp ES2	Na em		Dorsal Profile, back Feet & Profile, front Perspective
Beetle Coleoptera	Belid Weevil Belidae	Hairy Belid Weevil Rhinotia sp ES3	Na em		Dorsal Profile
Beetle Coleoptera	Belid Weevil Belidae	Sutural Belid Weevil Rhinotia suturalis	Na ema		Dorsal Profile
Beetle Coleoptera	Jewel Beetles Buprestidae	Giant Jewel Beetle Temognatha heros	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for confirming the identification of this species	Headless Shell
Beetle Coleoptera	Soldier Beetle Cantharidae	Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus sp ES1	Na em	Possibly granulatus	Mating, profile Mating, ventral -EXTRA- Female Antenna & Feet Male body Male head Male profile
Beetle Coleoptera	Soldier Beetle Cantharidae	Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus sp ES2	Na em	Notice the differences between the 2 species. This one has broken black bands around the abdomen, the black marking on the back of the shield is quite different and it has orange legs (not black). This one also has orange head, not black.	Female, profile Female, back Female, profile Female, ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Soldier Beetle Cantharidae	Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus sp ES3	Na em	Possibly granulatus
Beetle Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Ant-nest Beetle Arthropterus sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Fatihorn Beetle A very distinctive honey brown beetle with very wide, thin, antennae. It also has wide thin legs and elytra (wing covers) that are shorter than the body. The are 3 pairs of protrusions around it's mouth; pincer like mandibles followed by increasingly larger adaptions (the Maxillary Palps & Labial Palps). While not seen very often, they are probably a lot more common than the low number sightings suggest. They live in ant nests excreting chemicals that trick the ants into thinking they are queens. As such, the ants actually raise their offspring, all the while the beetle is feasting on the ants. They are scientifically interesting due to the rapid rate in which they can adapt to new species of ants. Due to the complex nature of ant pheromones, etc, we can guess that there is a separate species of Arthropterus for each species of ant. Due to the size of this one, we can guess it's a parasite of Inch ants (Myrmecia sp).	Dorsal (body~13mm) Profile (hairy elytra) Profile (elytra up) Antenna (thin x-section) Pincer Mandibles Maxillary & Labial Palps Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Blue Ground Beetle Carenum speciosum	Na em	We found two of these dead near the caravan when we arrived one day. Both looked identical, but quite different sizes. One being about 25mm long, with the smaller one (shown here) at about 20mm.	Dorsal Profile Anterior Posterior Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Ground Beetle Chlaenius sp	Na m
Beetle Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Australasian Panagaeitid Ground Beetle Craspedophorus australasiae	Na em
Beetle Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Bombardier Beetle Pheropsophus verticalis	Na em		Body Whole Alive, ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Scarititid Ground Beetle Scaraphites sp	Na em	What first grabbed our attention to this black beetle was the bright green line all around it's circumference. As it turns out, it's whole body reflects green, but the lip around it's edge makes it look like a green line. At first we thought it was a huge ant as it was moving pretty quickly across our camp ground.	Back Profile Head
Beetle Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Google-eyed Ground Beetle Scopodes sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Odacanthid Ground Beetle
Beetle Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Acacia Longhorn Beetle Ancita sp	Na a	Other Common Names: Longicorn Beetle, Long-horn Beetle or Long Horned Beetle
Beetle Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Braconid Mimic Longhorn Hesthesis sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Brachinoid Wasp Mimic Longicorn Beetle Similar Species: Red Braconid Wasp	Dorsal (body~20mm) Profile (antenna~20mm) Wing venation Eye shape & back plate Head, under Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Desert Longhorn Microtragus mormon	Na em	Almost spider like with very long legs and antennae. Note the odd shaped compound eyes and 2 pair of ridges along it's back. The middle ridges start with small horn like projections. It's covered in fine hairs, not visible to the eye, which enhance the white patches on the rear ridges.	Dorsal (body~20mm) Profile Body, dorsal Anterior Head, profile Head, dorsal Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Longhorn Beetle Rhytiphora sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Longicorn Beetle	Whole, dorsal Face
Beetle Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Lycid Mimic Longhorn Stenoderus suturalis	Na em	Other Common Name: Stinking Longicorn Similar Species: Lycid Beetle	Dorsal (body~15mm) Profile Head, above Eyes & mouth parts Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Tiny Leaf Beetle Bruchinae sp	Na em	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for helping with the identification of this species Only 2mm long	Dorsal Profile Profile Wings folding Anterior Head, profile Posterior
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Metallic Dodonaea Leaf Beetle Callidemum hypochalceum	Na em	Similar Species: Chalcopterus Beetle Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us	Profile
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Eboo Beetle Eboo sp	Na em
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Dotted Paropsine Leaf Beetle Paropsis carnosa	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Tortoise Beetle Paropsis cf aegrota	Na ema	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Striped Leaf Beetle Paropsisterna intacta	Na a	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us Not only did Martin supply the id for this stunning little beetle, he also very kindly supplied the specimen on his last trip to SA. While this is the usual colour/pattern, Martin has found them without any spots on the pronotum, nor strips on the back (elytra).	Dorsal (~13mm) Profile Anterior Legs + Feet Posterior Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Dark Brown Paropsine Leaf Beetle Paropsisterna variicollis	Na a
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Fireblight Beetle Peltoschema orphana	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us
Beetle Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Leaf Beetle Trachymela sp	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us
Beetle Coleoptera	Ladybird Coccinellidae	Transverse Ladybird Coccinella transversalis	Na ema	Orange lady beetle with black wavy blotches.
Beetle Coleoptera	Ladybird Coccinellidae	Ladybird Harmonia conformis	Na ema		Larva Adult
Beetle Coleoptera	Ladybird Coccinellidae	Ladybird Micraspis furcifera	Na em	Pale yellow lady bug with black stripes. Or is it black with yellow stripes?-)	Front Profile Back Pre-winter Huddle -EXTRA-
Beetle Coleoptera	Ladybird Coccinellidae	Tiny Black Ladybird Serangium bellum	Na a
Beetle Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Straight-snouted Weevil Brentidae sp	Na em	Tip to tail this little fella is only 2mm long! Tiny
Beetle Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Eucalypt Weevil Gonipterus sp	Na ema	The larva create a faecal shield to help protect from predators. They skeletonise gum leaves.	Lava Adults
Beetle Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Wattle Pig Leptopius sp	Na a
Beetle Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Barrel Weevil Perperus sp	Na em
Beetle Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Sitona Weevil Sitona discoideus	I em		Dorsal (body~5mm) Profile
Beetle Coleoptera	Skin Beetle Dermestidae	Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci	I a	Similar Species: Brown Globular Springtail	Dorsal Anterior Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Large Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES1	Na m
Beetle Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Red Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES2	Na a
Beetle Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Black Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES3	Na ema
Beetle Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Brown Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES4	Na a
Beetle Coleoptera	Clown Beetle Histeridae	Clown Beetle Saprinus sp	Na em	Very metallic blue back and metallic brown shield. Quite small. Highly reflective.	Dorsal Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Net-winged Beetle Lycidae	Long-nosed Lycid Beetle Porrostoma rhipidium	Na em		Back Long Nose
Beetle Coleoptera	Net-winged Beetle Lycidae	Lycid Beetle Porrostoma sp	Na ema	Similar Species: Lycid Mimic Longhorn	Female Male
Beetle Coleoptera	Solf-winged Flower Beetle Melyridae	Red and Blue Flower Beetle Dicranolaius bellulus	Na em	Other Common Name: Pollen Beetle	Bent Ventral Profile Back
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Christmas Beetle Anoplognathus cf viriditarsis ?	Na a	Synonym: Anoplognathus viriditarsus
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Sandy Dung Beetle Euoniticellus fulvus	I a		Dorsal (body~9mm)
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Brown Chafer Scarabaeidae sp ES1	Na em	Large hairy rusty brown beetle. There are many very similar species & genera; most likely these are in the sub-family Melolonthinae	Head Dorsal Back
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Red Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES2	Na em
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Scabby Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES3	Na em
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Beige Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES4	Na em
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Brown Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES5	Na m
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Hairy Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES6	Na em	Possibly Semanopterus sp
Beetle Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Red Chafer Scarabaeidae sp ES7	Na em	Very similar to the Brown Chafer. These have different head plate; being wider at the very tip.	Profile Shield
Beetle Coleoptera	Rove Beetle Staphylinidae	Devil's Coach-horse Beetle Creophilus erythrocephalus	Na em	Other Common Name: Rove Beetle
Beetle Coleoptera	Rove Beetle Staphylinidae	Rove Beetle Creophilus lanio	Na a
Beetle Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Egyptian Beetle Blaps polychresta	I em	Other Common Name: Giant Darkling Beetle Large black beetle, approximately 40mm long (head to tail) with a projection out the rear end.
Beetle Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Chalcopterus Beetle Chalcopteroides sp	Na em	Similar Species: Metallic Dodonaea Leaf Beetle Very metallic green back Highly reflective.	Antenna Back Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Honey Brown Beetle Ecnolagria grandis	Na a		Dorsal (body~13mm)
Beetle Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Enclosed Head Pie-dish Beetle Helea sp	Na ema		Dorsal Ventral
Beetle Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Open Headed Pie-dish Beetle Pterohelaeus sp	Na em
Beetle Coleoptera	Gnawer Beetle Trogidae	Carcass Beetle Omorgus sp	Na m
True Bug Hemiptera	Achilid Planthopper Achilidae	Vertical Wing Achilid Hopper Tropiphlepsia badia	Na em		S1, dorsal S3, dorsal S2, profile, ~6mm long S2, wings S2, ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Broad-headed Bug Alydidae	Brown Senna Bug Melanacanthus cf scutellaris	Na ema	Other Common Name: Brown Bean Bug There are 5 families that look similar 1. Broad-headed Bug (Alydidae; tend to be longer & thinner), 2. Jumping Tree Bug (Miridae), 3. Seed Bug (Lygaeidae; 3 seg antennae), 4. Damsel Bug (Nabidae) & 5. Assassin Bug (Reduviidae; highly variable family, but have curved rostrum/proboscis tucked underneath. Easy to see in a side shot - but you have to photograph the side of it to be sure). Sometimes we take photo's that look nothing like the bug we see with our eyes. This is one case, so we've published both "naked eye" looking shots and others with more detail that we still want to share. An interesting species this, apart from the talk above, it's usual venacular name is "Brown Bean Bug" .... now it annoys us to find common names of natives that have nothing to do with natives. Here, eg, there is no native bean that we are aware of. BUT these guys love senna (and probably acacia), in fact probably any legume ... guess what! Beans are legumes. So how about we name them after a native species of plant that they love, rather some agricultural pest term.	Dorsal (body~11mm) Dorsal, detailed Dorsal, Wings apart Profile Profile, detailed Head On a Senna pod Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Broad-headed Bug Alydidae	Long Broad-headed Bug Mutusca brevicornis	Na a	Similar Species: Pacific Damsel Bug
True Bug Hemiptera	Aphid Aphididae	Green Peach Aphid Myzus persicae	Na ema		On False Sowthistle
True Bug Hemiptera	Spittlebug Cercopidae	Spittlebug Bathyllus albicinctus	Na em	We confused this with a Cicada nymph; at least they are related.	Adult Froth Nymph hiding Nymph exposed Nymph - "Dribbles" -EXTRA-
True Bug Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Mottled-brown Leafhopper Bakeriana rubra	Na em
True Bug Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Yellow-headed Leafhopper Brunotartessus fulvus ?	Na m	A fierce looking little hopper as an instar. Quite pretty when fully grown.	Instar Instar
True Bug Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Planthopper Cicadellidae sp	Na em
True Bug Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Mottled-head Gum-leafhopper Eurymeloides punctata	Na em		Instars with ant
True Bug Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Brown Leafhopper Orosius orientalis	Na em
True Bug Hemiptera	Lacehopper Cixiidae	Plant hopper Aubirestus semicirculatus	Na em		Profile (body~5mm) Anterior Dorsal
True Bug Hemiptera	Leaf Footed Bug Coreidae	Eucalyptus Bug Amorbus obscuricornis	Na em		Adult + Instar Instar shedding
True Bug Hemiptera	Leaf Footed Bug Coreidae	Eucalyptus Tip Wilter Amorbus rhombifer	Na em		Instar
True Bug Hemiptera	Leaf Footed Bug Coreidae	Crusader Bug Mictis profana	Na ma	A dark grey bug with orange stripes on its back and orange antennae tips	Instar Later Instar Adult Adult
True Bug Hemiptera	Water Boatman Corixidae	Water Boatman Agraptocorixa eurynome	Na em		Dorsal Profile Ventral & Size of 9mm Under & Eyes "Flippers" & Size, Adult with Instar Instar; Stripy & Neck Triangle Instar; Dappled
True Bug Hemiptera	Shield Bug Cydnidae	Burrowing Bug Adrisa sp?	Na em		Nymph, dorsal (body~9mm) Nymph, profile Nymph, anterior Nymph, ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Dictyopharid Planthopper Dictyopharidae	Curved Longheaded Hopper Thanatodictya sp	Na em	We have found that all specimens have different wing venation. It's quite possible that the curved snout and wing venation are not diagnostic. We don't count these as separate species now; until some research is done on them to determine what diagnostic features separate the species.	Wing Venation Comparison -EXTRA-
True Bug Hemiptera	Dictyopharid Planthopper Dictyopharidae	Longheaded Hopper Thanatodictya sp ES2	Na em	This is the more usual type seen, with the straight snout	Dorsal Profile Head
True Bug Hemiptera	Dictyopharid Planthopper Dictyopharidae	Longheaded Hopper Thanatodictya sp ES3	Na em		Dorsal Profile Head
True Bug Hemiptera	Dictyopharid Planthopper Dictyopharidae	Longheaded Hopper Thanatodictya sp ES4	Na em
True Bug Hemiptera	Scale Insect Eriococcidae	Eucalypt Gall Apiomorpha strombylosa	Na em	Similar Species: Mealybug We've cut galls open before to see what's inside, but this is the first time we've found something. We thought it was a larva, but it's actually a female adult. You can see the 6 "legs", more like claws, in the photo's. Clearly not required anymore, but a left over ancestral "artifact"; living it's life inside the mutated Eucalypt stem. We're still not quite sure how the males, that live a whole 2 days outside the "casing", manage to mate with females embedded inside their "casing". We found this specimen on a very stunted, sick looking, mallee "bush". You know when you have a native plant when it's attacked by insects. Insects don't know what to do with introduced species; so generally treat them like a lump of rusty steel (ie not interested, leave it alone, so the introduced species thrives - oops!).	Female Casing, left side Female Casing, right side, other insects Female Case split open, with insect Female, dorsal (~7mm long) Female, profile Female, Legs Female, ventral -EXTRA-
True Bug Hemiptera	Planthopper Eurybrachidae	Gum Tree Hopper Platybrachys sp	Na a	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us	Dorsal (body~9mm) Profile Anterior Antenna Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Flatid Planthopper Flatidae	Green Planthopper Siphanta sp	Na em
True Bug Hemiptera	Lantern Fly Fulgoridae	Lantern Fly Rentinus dilatatus	Na em		Dorsal Profile
True Bug Hemiptera	Seed Bug Lygaeidae	Green Seed Bug Lygaeidae sp	Na em	Similar Species: Brown Senna Bug	Profile
True Bug Hemiptera	Seed Bug Lygaeidae	Rutherglen Bug Nysius cf vinitor	Na ema		Dorsal Profile Profile Antenna Mating Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Horned Treehoppers Membracidae	Acacia Horned Treehopper Sextius virescens	Na a
True Bug Hemiptera	Jumping Tree Bug Miridae	Green Mirid Creontiades dilutus	Na em	Similar Species: Brown Senna Bug	Dorsal Profile
True Bug Hemiptera	Giant Scale Monophlebidae	Scale Insect Icerya sp	Na em	Primarily brilliant white (which is the egg sack) with a brown cap (the actual insect). Found on saltbush (Atriplex sp)	Hatching Juvenile Adult without Egg Sack Adult with Egg Sack Perspective, with Ant Perspective, with Ant
True Bug Hemiptera	Giant Scale Monophlebidae	Large Mealybug Monophlebulus sp ES1	Na em	Other Common Name: Large Meally Bug We are not sure why one of the group was orange; they are clearly cohabiting and have the same body shape so reasonably sure they are all one species.	Females
True Bug Hemiptera	Giant Scale Monophlebidae	Small Mealybug Monophlebulus sp ES2	Na em	Other Common Name: Small Meally Bug It's possibly a nymph, and at 2mm body length is not very big.	Female, dorsal Female, ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Damsel Bug Nabidae	Pacific Damsel Bug Nabis kinbergii	Na em	Similar Species: Brown Senna Bug Like Assassin Bugs, these are predatory on other insects (ie carnivorous). Notice the strong front legs as well, to hold the prey.	Dorsal (body~8mm) Profile Head, dorsal Proboscis Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Backswimmer Notonectidae	Golden-shouldered Backswimmer Anisops deanei	Na em		Dorsal Profile, showing legs Profile, showing wings (fins?)
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Horehound bug Agonoscelis rutila	Na em	Even though Horehound is introduced, this bug is native. Bright orange with black blotches on top and black stripes under. Black legs.	Feeding
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Acacia Shield bug Alcaeus varicornis	Na em
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Exocarpos Bug Aplerotus maculatus	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for confirming the identification of this species	Instar, whole Instars, dorsal Instar, small, profile Instar, large, profile Instar, ventral Adults, front & back Adult, shield Family group
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Green Potato Bug Cuspicona simplex	Na a
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Variable Shield Bug Kapunda troughtoni	Na ema	Thank you Dr Mallik Malipatil for identifying this species for us These have a distinctively blunt snout for a shield bug; with relatively short antennae that come from under the snout, not the side or front like most others.	(S1) Dorsal (body~6mm) (S1) Profile (S2) Anterior (S2) Posterior (S2) Hindwings (S1) Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Spiny Shield Bug Neagenor sp	Na em		Dorsal (body~19mm) Profile Anterior Scutellum (back plate), dorsal Scutellum (back plate), profile Head Posterior Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Shield Bug Poecilometis cf vermiculatus	Na em	Thank you Mark Newton for identifying this species for us Varies from black to light brown (tan) to cinnamon Adults are quite distinguished with white "bow tie" spot at the end of their wing shield, finishing with jet black diamond vest formed by the wing tips. Found on Senna and Beyeria opaca. Without ventral examination, we can't be sure this is the correct id.	Adult, Profile Adult, Back
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Brown Shield Bug Poecilometis sp	Na em		Back
True Bug Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Pittosporum Bug Pseudapines geminata	Na ma
True Bug Hemiptera	Mealy Bug Pseudococcidae	Mealybug cf Pseudococcidae sp ?	Na em	Similar Species: Eucalypt Gall Many thanks to Ken Walker at Bowerbird who contact Dr Gullan (Australia's expert in scale insect group) on our behalf. She said "Male scale insects are hard to ID, but if it has 4 simple eyes, it's probably a male mealybug (or perhaps an eriococcid). It's not really possible to go further." As such, it's not possible to know if this insect is introduced or native.	Male -EXTRA-
True Bug Hemiptera	Psyllid Psyllidae	Melaleuca psyllid Boreioglycaspis melaleucae	Na em	Many small birds rely on psyllids for survival, so an important cog in the biosphere of Ellura
True Bug Hemiptera	Psyllid Psyllidae	White Fibrous Lerp Glycaspis brimblecombei	Na em	Other Common Name: Red Gum Psyllid	A couple of Lerps (houses) Psyllid Instar that was under the lerp Are they flat or what! Smooth Inside of a removed lerp Older psyllid instars
True Bug Hemiptera	Psyllid Psyllidae	White Clam Lerp Hyalinaspis sp	Na ema	There is a bit of confussion with the naming of these. The Lerp is the housing. The bug inside is a Psyllid that produces the lerp.	Lerps -EXTRA- Early Instar -EXTRA- Later Instar -EXTRA- Adult -EXTRA- Adult with instars -EXTRA-
True Bug Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Assassin Bug Coranus sp ?	Na em	Similar Species: Brown Senna Bug
True Bug Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Assassin Bug Oncocephalus sp ES1	Na em	Interesting bugs Assassins (Reduviidae), one of the few predatory/carnivorous true bugs (order Hemiptera). Most are vegetarian. One easy diagnostic difference over the similiar Alydidae family are the large front legs as can be seen here; used to hold it's prey. Not all assassins have them, but no Alydidae's do. A more guaranteed diagnostic, but harder to see, is that Assassin's have a curved rostrum / proboscis	Adult, dorsal (body~15mm) Adult, profile Adult, profile, flat, defensive? Adult, large ocelli + proboscis Adult, antenna Adult, back plate spine Adult, anterior Adult, ventral Instar, dorsal -EXTRA- Instar, profile (body~13mm) Instar, proboscis Instar, ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Assassin Bug Oncocephalus sp ES2	Na em		Dorsal (body~13mm) Profile Rostrum, under Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Assassin Bug Oncocephalus sp ES3	Na em		Dorsal
True Bug Hemiptera	Scentless Plant Bug Rhopalidae	Red Eyes Bug Leptocoris sp	Na em	A mainly dark grey bug with red/orange highlights. The instars are very red	Instar Nursery Adult
True Bug Hemiptera	Seed Bug Rhyparochromidae	Ant-mimicking Seed bug Daerlac sp	Na a	It looks very similar to D. cephalotes; be we don't think it is because of the excess red on the shoulders and lack of black lateral lines on the back.	Dorsal Profile Iso view Rostrum extended Rostrum folded up Antenna Posterior
True Bug Hemiptera	Seed Bug Rhyparochromidae	Black and White Seed Bug Dieuches nudus	Na em		Dorsal (body~9mm) Profile Wings Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Ricaniid Planthopper Ricaniidae	Broad-winged Planthopper Aprivesa varipennis	Na em		Dorsal Profile Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Ricaniid Planthopper Ricaniidae	Undescribed Planthopper ES1 Ricaniidae sp	Na em		Dorsal (body~5mm) Profile Anterior Hindwing Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Ricaniid Planthopper Ricaniidae	Broad-winged Planthopper Scolypopa australis	Na a	Other Common Name: Passionvine Hopper I don't know what it is, but insects with clear wings and black patterned edges just enthral me Marie saw this "moth" on the kitchen fly-screen. As soon as I saw it, straight into the insect box into the fridge. Didn't want to miss any important details. Thought it'd be easy to id; never having seen one, and being so unique. After much hunting around I found this pictorial key: http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/fulgor/ricaniidae/index.html#australia The only issue was the location component shows only the eastern seaboard. This is the 1st record for this species in South Australia on the ALA website (www.ala.org.au).	Dorsal (body~5mm) Profile Anterior Wing Hairy wing tips Flat back legs Posterior Ventral, close Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Ricaniid Planthopper Ricaniidae	Broad-winged Planthopper Scolypopa stipata	Na em		Profile -EXTRA- Anterior Ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Shield Backed Bug Scutelleridae	Red Jewel Bug Choerocoris paganus	Na ema	Other Common Name: Dodonaea bug Amazing array of fire engine red and deep metallic green head and shield. We've not seen the red noses or orange/brown colours before. Males are thicker at the back Small white dots around its body. We suspect the different coloured shield (ie all dark vs wine glass shaped stripe) relates to different gender.	Instar Female, Back Female, Red Face Female, Brown Female, Orange Male, Green Face They think they are the same species!
True Bug Hemiptera	Shield Backed Bug Scutelleridae	Variable Shield Bug Choerocoris variegatus	Na em	Similar in shape to the Dodonaea bug above, but very different colours and patterns. While still shiny, doesn't have the metallic lustre. The instars of these are similar to the adults. As the name suggests they are very variable; ranging from off-white under, to yellow to reddish (examples elsewhere show bright orange). Primarily coloured with black patches. The back is also covered in dimples. The face of our specimens have 3 strong pale longitudinal stripes (which is atypical), topped off by the 2 typical red Ocelli. While they are listed as eating Beyeria lechenaultii, here they are on Beyeria opaca (not listed as a food source). We also found one on Pearl Bluebush; perhaps it was lost. Also notice how the varying thickness of black makes a large difference to the patterns made (and how the specimens look)	Yellow Early Instar, dorsal Yellow Later Instar, dorsal Yellow Later Instar, profile Yellow Later Instar, ventral Pale Adult, dorsal Pale Adult, profile Pale Adult, front Pale Adult, ventral Reddish Adult, face Reddish Adult, dorsal Reddish Adult, Dark Coloured Reddish Adult, front, dorsal Reddish Adult, front, profile Reddish Adult, front, ventral Reddish Adult, profile, rear Reddish Adult, rear Reddish Adult, vent ReddishAdult Orgy (14 in this pic alone) Yellow Adult, dorsal Yellow Adult, posterior Yellow Adult, dorsal Yellow Adult, profile Yellow Adult, anterior Yellow Adult, ventral
True Bug Hemiptera	Shield Backed Bug Scutelleridae	Green Shield Backed Bug Coleotichus costatus	Na ma	A lightly toned, large bug. Lots of tiny maroon dots on pale brown around the edge of its back match the Dodonaea fruit perfectly. They can vary from brown to green. Red compound eyes with a red jewel (actually an Ocellus, simple eye) above each compound eye.

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