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

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Cockroaches Blattodea	Giant Cockroach Blaberidae	Clear Rimmed Native Cockroach Calolampra sp	Na ema	The 1st two specimens were recorded on the same day at Ellura. Notice the 3rd specimen (Adelaide Hills) has more transparent edges, and a black streak down the side. All 3 specimens have different ventral patterns on their abdomen. We're not sure if these are different species or variations on the same species. Also notice the white face markings, these are not reflections but white pigment About 21mm long	S1: Male, dorsal S1: Male, ventral S2: Male, profile S2: Male, face S2: Male, ventral S3: Male, dorsal S3: Male, ventral
Cockroaches Blattodea	Giant Cockroach Blaberidae	Bark Cockroach Laxta sp	Na a
Cockroaches Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Oriental Cockroach Blatta Orientalis	I a
Cockroaches Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Shining Cockroach Drymaplaneta communis	Na ema		Back
Cockroaches Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Tortoise Cockroach Euzosteria cf subreflexa	Na em		Dorsal, ~14mm long Anterior Ventral
Cockroaches Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Black Cockroach Platyzosteria sp	Na em		Whole, dorsal Profile, front Profile, back Rear, cercus
Cockroaches Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	Small Cockroach Temnelytra sp	Na em
Cockroaches Blattodea	Cockroach Blattidae	White-banded Cockroach Zonioploca cf latizona	Na em		Back Profile
Cockroaches 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
Cockroaches Blattodea	Wood Cockroach Ectobiidae	Brown Balta Cockroach Balta sp	Na em
Cockroaches Blattodea	Wood Cockroach Ectobiidae	Western Ectoneura Cockroach Ectoneura tepperi	Na em
Cockroaches Blattodea	Wood Cockroach Ectobiidae	Small Golden Cockroach Ellipsidion sp	Na em		Dorsal Profile Elytra Antennae Ventral
Cockroaches Blattodea	Wood Cockroach Ectobiidae	The Coulon Paratemnopteryx couloniana	Na ema	Other Common Name: Red Goblin Roach About 22mm long	Covered in moth scales
Cockroaches Blattodea	Wood Cockroach Ectobiidae	Desert Para Cockroach Paratemnopteryx sp	Na a
Beetles Coleoptera	Belid Weevil Belidae	Spotted Belid Weevil Rhinotia sp ES1	Na em		Front Back
Beetles Coleoptera	Belid Weevil Belidae	Red Belid Weevil Rhinotia sp ES2	Na em		Dorsal Profile, back Feet & Profile, front Perspective
Beetles Coleoptera	Belid Weevil Belidae	Hairy Belid Weevil Rhinotia sp ES3	Na em		Dorsal Profile
Beetles Coleoptera	Belid Weevil Belidae	Sutural Belid Weevil Rhinotia suturalis	Na ema		Dorsal Profile
Beetles Coleoptera	Large Auger Beetle Bostrichidae	Twig Borer Beetle Bostrychopsis jesuita	Na em	A cylindrical black beetle. About 13mm long, with a downward pointing face (reminiscent of a broad-nosed weevil). Distinctive 2 rows of horns on it's pronotum.	Dorsal Profile Antennae Horns
Beetles Coleoptera	Jewel Beetle Buprestidae	Giant Jewel Beetle Temognatha heros	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for confirming the identification of this species	Headless Shell
Beetles Coleoptera	Soldier Beetle Cantharidae	Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus sp ES1	Na em	Possibly granulatus	Mating, profile Mating, ventral Female Antenna & Feet Male body Male head Male profile
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Soldier Beetle Cantharidae	Soldier Beetle Chauliognathus sp ES3	Na em	Possibly granulatus
Beetles Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Striped Ground Beetle Amblytelus sp ES1	Na em	Notice the long sparse hairs on the elytra (wing covers), pronotum (back/thorax shield) & head ... well on most of it's body actually; almost like spines rather than hairs. They also have an unusual spur on their front legs. Beetles often have spines coming out of their legs, but beetles in this tribe (Amblytelini) have an indent in the leg and a hook; as can be seen in the photos. About 10-11mm long (head & body). Reference Link	Dorsal Anterior Antenna Front leg spur Posterior hairs Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Brown Ground Beetle Amblytelus sp ES2	Na em	Notice the long sparse hairs on most of it's body; almost like spines rather than hairs. They also have an unusual spur on their front legs. Beetles often have spines coming out of their legs, but beetles in this tribe (Amblytelini) have an indent in the leg and a hook; as can be seen in the photos. This one is a bit larger at about 13mm long (head & body)	Dorsal Profile Head Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Crossed Ground Beetle Amblytelus sp ES3?	Na em	Notice the long sparse hairs on most of it's body; almost like spines rather than hairs. They also have an unusual spur on their front legs. Beetles often have spines coming out of their legs, but beetles in this tribe (Amblytelini) have an indent in the leg and a hook; as can be seen in the photo. This specimen has a smaller pronotum (back shield), which may make it a different species (perhaps Dystrichothorax?)
Beetles 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, ~13mm Profile (hairy elytra) Profile (elytra up) Antenna (thin x-section) Pincer Mandibles Maxillary & Labial Palps Ventral
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Tiger Beetle cf Distipsidera sp	Na m
Beetles Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Ground Beetle Chlaenius sp	Na m
Beetles Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Australasian Panagaeitid Ground Beetle Craspedophorus australasiae	Na em
Beetles Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Bombardier Beetle Pheropsophus verticalis	Na em		Body Whole Alive, ventral
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Ground Beetle Carabidae	Google-eyed Ground Beetle Scopodes sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Odacanthid Ground Beetle
Beetles Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Acacia Longhorn Beetle Ancita sp	Na a	Other Common Names: Longicorn Beetle, Long-horn Beetle or Long Horned Beetle
Beetles Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Slender Mallee Longhorn Beetle Aposites sp	Na em	Other Common Names: Longicorn Beetle, Long-horn Beetle or Long Horned Beetle These two specimens were found on the same night at the outside light. Thinking they were the same, didn't photograph the second specimen as rigorously. They are probably 2 different species. The antennae length suggests both are males (ie extends beyond the elytra). The body length compared with wings & their antennae joint near the base are different. They also have slightly different markings on the thorax. Best guess is that one might be A. niger & the other A. lanaticollis. However, the few on-line photo's disagree visually, so at this stage will go with the one genus. Both are about 26mm long. Specimen 1 has antennae length of about 26mm & S2 about 28mm	S1:Whole S1:Dorsal S1:Profile S1:Antenna S1:Eyes, dorsally S1:Eyes, laterally S1:Ventral S2:Whole S2:Antenna S2:Face S2:Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Callitris Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae sp?	Na em	Other Common Names: Longicorn Beetle, Long-horn Beetle or Long Horned Beetle Thank you Greg Baker (SARDI) for helping with the identification of this species Thank you Andy Szito (WA DPIRD) for helping with the identification of this species We were inspecting a recently fallen, dead, callitris tree. Marie noticed a grub inside a broken twig. Given callitris has natural invert inhibitors (often used for fence posts as it's not prone to termite attack), we were surprised. We prized it out and were *VERY* concerned it looked a lot like European House Borer (Hylotrupes bajulus); or EHB for short. We posted on the Amateur Entomology Australia facebook group and Andy Szito (WA DPIRD) suggested we contact Greg Baker at SARDI. We sent it off to Greg for confirmation, who then sent it off to Andy for DNA testing. Fortunately it wasn't EHB. It didn't match any known species in the DNA database, but was "most likely another Cerambycidae spp". This specimen was about 13mm long.	Larva, dorsal Larva, "mouth" Larva, under, legs
Beetles 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, ~20mm Profile, antenna ~20mm Wing venation Eye shape & back plate Head, under Ventral
Beetles 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, ~20mm Profile Body, dorsal Anterior Head, profile Head, dorsal Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Spotted Hairy Longhorn Beetle Opsidota infecta	Na em	Other Common Names: Longicorn Beetle, Long-horn Beetle or Long Horned Beetle About 18mm long. With the 3 specimens we caught in one night there seems to be some variation in the amount the abdomen protrudes past the elytra, but not overall length. The spots on the thorax are made by hair, and so variations in colour, shape & quantity can be accounted for easily with age & wearing. The vague patterns on the elytra may be due to transparency of the underlying body (but didn't manage to see it with elytra up to prove this). These patterns are quite variable. Also note with longhorns that the antennae are often 2 dimensional. As such, some photo's of them appear thin/thread like. Others a thick heavy serrated appearance, where the antennae are at 90 deg. This is because the serrations are plate like and nearly invisible from the edge. As such, it's a good idea to get plenty of photo's of the antennae from different angles to get the correct shape of the segments.	S1: Dorsal, close S2: Dorsal, close S3: Dorsal, close S1: Dorsal, whole S1: Profile S1: Antenna S2: Antennae S3: Mandibles S1: Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Feather-horned Longhorn Beetle Piesarthrius laminosus	Na em	Other Common Names: Longicorn Beetle, Long-horn Beetle or Long Horned Beetle About 15mm long with very long thin wide filaments on the antennae. It's difficult to determine how long the antennae are. Superficially they are a bit over 12mm long. However, the end segment has 2 filaments, of about 5mm long. So really the antennae are about 7mm, with 5mm of filament nearly doubling their length. The filaments vary in length, with the middle being the longest at about 7mm, and both edges being ~5mm. As with many longhorns, the eyes are heavily indented and wrap around the antennae base.	Whole Dorsal Profile Antenna Face Ventral ... sort of
Beetles Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Longhorn Beetle Rhytiphora sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Longicorn Beetle	Whole, dorsal Face
Beetles Coleoptera	Longhorn Beetle Cerambycidae	Lycid Mimic Longhorn Stenoderus suturalis	Na em	Other Common Name: Stinking Longicorn Similar Species: Lycid Beetle	Dorsal, ~15mm Profile Head, above Eyes & mouth parts Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Flea Beetle Aporocera cf viridipennis ?	Na em		Profile Dorsal
Beetles 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
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Eboo Beetle Eboo sp	Na ema
Beetles Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Dotted Paropsine Leaf Beetle Paropsis carnosa	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us
Beetles Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Tortoise Beetle Paropsis cf aegrota	Na a	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Dark Brown Paropsine Leaf Beetle Paropsisterna variicollis	Na a
Beetles Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Fireblight Beetle Peltoschema orphana	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us
Beetles Coleoptera	Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae	Leaf Beetle Trachymela sp	Na em	Thank you Martin Lagerwey for identifying this species for us
Beetles Coleoptera	Ladybird Coccinellidae	Transverse Ladybird Coccinella transversalis	Na ema	Orange lady beetle with black wavy blotches.
Beetles Coleoptera	Ladybird Coccinellidae	Large Spotted Ladybird Harmonia conformis	Na ema		Larva Adult
Beetles Coleoptera	Ladybird Coccinellidae	Variegated Ladybird Hippodamia variegata	I em	As it's name suggests, a very variable species. Usually with white stripes on it's pronotum, but sometimes not. Introduced from Europe and used as a biological control of cotton aphids in crops, it is now wide spread and an environmental pest. Our apologies for the moth scales interfering with these photo's. They were shed in the container by the previous occupant, not part of this species.	Dorsal Profile
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Ladybird Coccinellidae	Tiny Black Ladybird Serangium bellum	Na a
Beetles Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Straight-snouted Weevil Brentidae sp	Na em	Tip to tail this little fella is only 2mm long! Tiny
Beetles Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Broad-nosed Weevil Cubicorhynchus sp	Na em	Thank you Boris Bueche for confirming the identification of this species We thought it might have been Cubicorhynchus setosus, but Boris, on Bowerbird, said "NOT setosus (setae too short). 3 similar WA species at least. Species-level ID would need male sexual characters; this weevil assumed female (slightly convex belly)." About 14mm long, covered in short, down-curved, hairs. Notice the unusual little horns on it's face.	Dorsal Profile Hairy Back Face with Horns Mandibles + Hairy Legs Ventral
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Wattle Pig Leptopius sp	Na a
Beetles Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Barrel Weevil Perperus sp	Na em
Beetles Coleoptera	Weevil Curculionidae	Sitona Weevil Sitona discoideus	I em		Dorsal, ~5mm Profile
Beetles Coleoptera	Skin Beetle Dermestidae	Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci	I a	Similar Species: Brown Globular Springtail	Dorsal Anterior Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Shielded Click Beetle Agrypnus sp	Na em	About 9mm long	Dorsal Profile Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Large Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES1	Na m
Beetles Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Red Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES2	Na a
Beetles Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Black Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES3	Na ema
Beetles Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Brown Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES4	Na a
Beetles Coleoptera	Click Beetle Elateridae	Small Click Beetle Elateridae sp ES5	Na em	About 7mm long
Beetles Coleoptera	Clown Beetle Histeridae	Clown Beetle Saprinus sp	Na em	Very metallic blue back and metallic brown shield. Quite small. Highly reflective.	Dorsal Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Stag Beetle Lucanidae	Black Stag Beetle Figulus sp	Na em		Dorsal Antennae Front legs Posterior Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Net-winged Beetle Lycidae	Long-nosed Lycid Beetle Porrostoma rhipidium	Na em		Back Long Nose
Beetles Coleoptera	Net-winged Beetle Lycidae	Lycid Beetle Porrostoma sp	Na ema	Similar Species: Lycid Mimic Longhorn	Female Male
Beetles Coleoptera	Solf-winged Flower Beetle Melyridae	Red and Blue Flower Beetle Dicranolaius bellulus	Na ema	Other Common Name: Pollen Beetle	Bent Ventral Profile Back
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Christmas Beetle Anoplognathus montanus	Na a	Thank you Ethan Beaver for helping with the identification of this species The green to purple reflections is diagnostic.
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Flower Chafer Cetoniinae sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Flower Beetle & Scarab Beetle About 23mm long. The only specimen we've seen was found dead on the ground. Basically a black beetle, with 2 "flame" stripes above, 2 orange spots on the rear, along with 4 paler orange/yellow spots on each side of the abdomen. The most interesting visual aspect of this beetle is it's sculptured elytra. The legs are wide and also have abnormally large appendages.	Dorsal Profile Anterior Posterior Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Sandy Dung Beetle Euoniticellus fulvus	I a		Dorsal, ~9mm
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Red Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES2	Na em
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Scabby Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES3	Na em
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Beige Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES4	Na em
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Brown Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES5	Na m
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Hairy Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES6	Na em	Possibly Semanopterus sp
Beetles 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
Beetles Coleoptera	Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae	Long Legged Scarab Beetle Scarabaeidae sp ES9	Na ema	We've found quite a few of these. They look identical but range from 17mm down to about 6mm; which would indicate they are different species. We've just shown a couple of the larger specimens here.	S1: Dorsal S2: Antennae S1: Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Rove Beetle Staphylinidae	Devil's Coach-horse Beetle Creophilus erythrocephalus	Na em	Other Common Name: Rove Beetle
Beetles Coleoptera	Rove Beetle Staphylinidae	Rove Beetle Creophilus lanio	Na a
Beetles Coleoptera	Rove Beetle Staphylinidae	Tiny Rove Beetle Staphylinidae sp ES1	Na em	We can't be sure these 2 sightings are the same species. They are both tiny & we managed to measure the 2nd at ~3mm. At this size our equipement isn't sophisticated enough to get detailed diagnostic photographs, so have to settle with family level id.	S1: Profile S1: Posterior S2: Dorsal
Beetles Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Black Comb-clawed Beetle Alleculini sp ES1	Na ema	Alleculini is a tribe, commonly called Comb-clawed Beetles and are an understudied group. There are a large number of similar looking genera in the tribe, let alone species. We have left this id at the tribe level for now until further information is more readily available. Note the very hairy body & legs, as well as large eyes. Reminiscent of the introduced Egyptian beetle, but much smaller at only 12mm long (head & body).	Dorsal Profile Face & Feet Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Brown Comb-clawed Beetle Alleculini sp ES2	Na em	Alleculini is a tribe, commonly called Comb-clawed Beetles and are an understudied group. There are a large number of similar looking genera in the tribe, let alone species. We have left this id at the tribe level for now until further information is more readily available. Note the very hairy body & legs, as well as large eyes. This specimen is quite a bit smaller than the previous at only 8mm long (head & body). Notice also that the legs are shorter and body more parallel than our previous specimen. The head shape, large eyes & padded feet still match.	S1: Dorsal S2: Dorsal
Beetles 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.
Beetles Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Chalcopterus Beetle Chalcopteroides sp	Na ema	Similar Species: Metallic Dodonaea Leaf Beetle Very metallic green back Highly reflective.	Antenna Back Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Open Headed Pie-dish Beetle Cillibus sp	Na a
Beetles Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Honey Brown Beetle Ecnolagria sp	Na a		Male, dorsal, ~13mm
Beetles Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Enclosed Head Pie-dish Beetle Helea sp ES1	Na em	Synonym: Helaeus Notice the single ridge running from from to the back of the elytra on this specimen. Also a small horn on the prothorax between the head & elytra. When threatened they tilt their whole body up on side to present the shell to the threat (protecting their undersides). They are able to move their head inside the shell like a tortoise, so can close the hole off with nearly no eyes showing, or have half the eye poking through. While we didn't measure this specimen, another we found in 2016 was 27mm total length.	Dorsal Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Transparent Pie-dish Beetle Helea sp ES2	Na em	Synonym: Helaeus Like all Helea sp, this specimen also has an enclosed head. It's quite unusual for Helea as it's brown plus has a transparent "shell". We're not sure if the "brown fluff" is just plain dirt, or possibly excreted by the beetle as camouflage. Another possibility is cobweb from a tiny spider This specimen was 22mm long including the flanges of the Elytra (rear shield / wing covers) and Prothorax (front shell), 18mm just the head & body without appendages. There are a large number of described Helea sp, let alone undescribed. We separate out the species based on the number of ridges, and smoothness of elytra (some can be very bumpy). This specimen has 2 ridges starting at the front of the elytra stopping about 3/4's toward the rear, roughly where a 3rd middle ridge starts.	Dorsal Profile Horn "Fluff" Eye & Thread Antenna Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Darkling Beetle Tenebrionidae	Shiny Pie-dish Beetle Pterohelaeus sp ES1	Na em		Dorsal Profile Face Head, under Ventral
Beetles Coleoptera	Gnawer Beetle Trogidae	Carcass Beetle Omorgus sp	Na em
True Bugs 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 Bugs 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, ~11mm Dorsal, detailed Dorsal, Wings apart Profile Profile, detailed Head On a Senna pod Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Broad-headed Bug Alydidae	Long Broad-headed Bug Mutusca brevicornis	Na a	Similar Species: Pacific Damsel Bug
True Bugs Hemiptera	Aphid Aphididae	Green Peach Aphid Myzus persicae	Na em		On False Sowthistle
True Bugs 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"
True Bugs Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Mottled-brown Leafhopper Bakeriana rubra	Na em
True Bugs 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 Bugs Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Planthopper Cicadellidae sp	Na ema
True Bugs Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Mottled-head Gum-leafhopper Eurymeloides punctata	Na em		Instars with ant
True Bugs Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Brown Leafhopper Orosius orientalis	Na em
True Bugs Hemiptera	Leafhopper Cicadellidae	Flat-head Leafhopper Stenocotis depressa	Na em	A highly variable species. About 10mm long (body goes to wing edge) Reference Link	Dorsal Profile Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Cicada Cicadidae	Scrub-clicker cf Platypsalta sp	Na em	Thank you Ethan Beaver for identifying this species for us Female was about 15mm long Reference Link	Female, dorsal Female, profile Female, face Female, ventral Male
True Bugs Hemiptera	Cicada Cicadidae	Subcoastal Squawker Pauropsalta cf accola	Na em	Thank you Ethan Beaver for helping with the identification of this species Thank you Lindsay Popple for identifying this species for us Reference Link	Dorsal Profile Face
True Bugs Hemiptera	Lacehopper Cixiidae	Plant hopper Aubirestus semicirculatus	Na em		Profile, ~5mm Anterior Dorsal
True Bugs Hemiptera	Leaf Footed Bug Coreidae	Eucalyptus Bug Amorbus obscuricornis	Na a		Adult + Instar Instar shedding
True Bugs Hemiptera	Leaf Footed Bug Coreidae	Eucalyptus Tip Wilter Amorbus rhombifer	Na ema		Instar
True Bugs 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 Bugs 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 Bugs Hemiptera	Shield Bug Cydnidae	Burrowing Bug Adrisa sp?	Na em		Nymph, dorsal, ~9mm Nymph, profile Nymph, anterior Nymph, ventral
True Bugs 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
True Bugs 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 Bugs Hemiptera	Dictyopharid Planthopper Dictyopharidae	Longheaded Hopper Thanatodictya sp ES3	Na em		Dorsal Profile Head
True Bugs Hemiptera	Dictyopharid Planthopper Dictyopharidae	Longheaded Hopper Thanatodictya sp ES4	Na em
True Bugs 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 Female, profile Female, Legs Female, ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Planthopper Eurybrachidae	Wattle Hopper Dardus sp	Na em	A little hopper ~4-5mm long. You'll notice our specimen has lost one of it's middle feet. With very dark specimens like these we bump up brightness to highlight details, making the background unrealistically bright. It can be considered a camera artifact and highlights the need to be careful when considering colours in photo's. Reference Link	Dorsal Profile Face Antennae Rear Leg 1 Rear Leg 2 Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Planthopper Eurybrachidae	Gum Tree Hopper Platybrachys sp	Na a	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us	Dorsal, ~9mm Profile Anterior Antenna Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Flatid Planthopper Flatidae	Green Planthopper Siphanta sp	Na ema
True Bugs Hemiptera	Lantern Fly Fulgoridae	Lantern Fly Rentinus dilatatus	Na em		Dorsal Profile
True Bugs Hemiptera	Seed Bug Lygaeidae	Green Seed Bug Lygaeidae sp	Na em	Similar Species: Brown Senna Bug	Profile
True Bugs Hemiptera	Seed Bug Lygaeidae	Rutherglen Bug Nysius cf vinitor	Na ema		Dorsal Profile Profile Antenna Mating Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Horned Treehopper Membracidae	Acacia Horned Treehopper Sextius virescens	Na a
True Bugs Hemiptera	Jumping Tree Bug Miridae	Green Mirid Creontiades dilutus	Na ema	Similar Species: Brown Senna Bug	Dorsal Profile
True Bugs Hemiptera	Jumping Tree Bug Miridae	Hairy Large-eyed Mirid Bug Miridae sp	Na em	Nearly 5mm long	Dorsal Profile Rostrum Ventral
True Bugs 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 Bugs 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 Bugs 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 & head length is not very big.	Female, dorsal Female, ventral
True Bugs 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, ~8mm Profile Head, dorsal Proboscis Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Backswimmer Notonectidae	Golden-shouldered Backswimmer Anisops deanei	Na em		Dorsal Profile, showing legs Profile, showing wings (fins?)
True Bugs 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 Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Acacia Shield bug Alcaeus varicornis	Na em
True Bugs 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 Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Green Nightshade Bug Cuspicona simplex	Na a
True Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Large Snouted Stink Bug Kalkadoona enchylaenae	Na em	Approx 8mm long	Dorsal Head Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Variable Shield Bug Kapunda tepperi	Na em	About 6mm long	Dorsal Profile Face Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Variable Shield Bug Kapunda troughtoni	Na ema	Thank you Dr Mallik Malipatil for identifying this species for us This genus has 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. About 6mm long	S1: Dorsal S1: Profile S2: Anterior S2: Posterior S2: Hindwings S1: Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Spiny Shield Bug Neagenor sp	Na em		Dorsal, ~19mm Profile Anterior Scutellum (back plate), dorsal Scutellum (back plate), profile Head Posterior Ventral
True Bugs 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 Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Reddish Shield Bug Poecilometis extraneus	Na em	About 13mm long. The 2nd specimen is much redder than the first, which is possibly caused by freshly moulting.	S1: Dorsal S1: Profile S1: Head S1: Ventral S2: Dorsal S2: Profile S2: Proboscus Shield S2: Face
True Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Brown Shield Bug Poecilometis sp	Na ema		Back
True Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Brown Shield Bug Poecilometris fuscescens	Na em	About 17mm long	Dorsal Anterior Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Stink Bug Pentatomidae	Pittosporum Bug Pseudapines geminata	Na ma
True Bugs 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
True Bugs 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 Bugs 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 Bugs 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 Early Instar Later Instar Adult Adult with instars
True Bugs Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Assassin Bug Coranus sp ?	Na em	Similar Species: Brown Senna Bug
True Bugs 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, ~15mm Adult, profile Adult, profile, flat, defensive? Adult, large ocelli + proboscis Adult, antenna Adult, back plate spine Adult, anterior Adult, ventral Instar, dorsal Instar, profile, ~13mm Instar, proboscis Instar, ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Assassin Bug Oncocephalus sp ES2	Na em		Dorsal, ~13mm Profile Rostrum, under Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Assassin Bug Oncocephalus sp ES3	Na em		Dorsal
True Bugs Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Orange Spotted Ground Assassin Bug Peirates punctorius	Na em	Synonyms: Pirates flavopictus, Pirates fulvipennis	Dorsal Scutellum Spine
True Bugs Hemiptera	Assassin Bug Reduviidae	Pale Assassin Bug Perissopygocoris pallidus	Na em	Synonym: Perissopygocoris pallidum About 14mm long. Predominately pale brown with darker brown patches. Also has hairy antennae.	Dorsal Anterior Antennae Scutellum Spine Ventral
True Bugs 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 Bugs 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 Bugs Hemiptera	Seed Bug Rhyparochromidae	Black and White Seed Bug Dieuches nudus	Na em		Dorsal, ~9mm Profile Wings Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Ricaniid Planthopper Ricaniidae	Broad-winged Planthopper Aprivesa varipennis	Na em		Dorsal Profile Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Ricaniid Planthopper Ricaniidae	Undescribed Planthopper ES1 Ricaniidae sp	Na em		Dorsal, ~5mm Profile Anterior Hindwing Ventral
True Bugs 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, ~5mm Profile Anterior Wing Hairy wing tips Flat back legs Posterior Ventral, close Ventral
True Bugs Hemiptera	Ricaniid Planthopper Ricaniidae	Broad-winged Planthopper Scolypopa stipata	Na em		Profile Anterior Ventral
True Bugs 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 Bugs 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 Reddish Adults, 14 in this pic alone Yellow Adult, dorsal Yellow Adult, posterior Yellow Adult, dorsal Yellow Adult, profile Yellow Adult, anterior Yellow Adult, ventral
True Bugs 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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