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)
Mantises Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Mallee Grass Mantis Archimantis sobrina	Na em	Other Common Name: Large Brown Mantid Thank you Ethan Beaver for identifying this species for us	Nymph Head Nymph Throat Nymph Forearm Profile Nymph Forearm under Nymph Tail Nymph, ventral Nymph Back
Mantises Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Australian Green Mantid Orthodera gracilis	Na em	Other Common Name: Australian Garden Mantid The thick pale stripe on the edge of the forewing and thinner pronotum separate this species from the very similar Orthodera ministralis.
Mantises Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Green Mantid Orthodera ministralis	Na ma	Other Common Name: Garden Mantid	Nymph
Mantises Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Boxer Bark Mantid Paraoxypilus sp	Na ema		Male, dorsal Male, profile Female, dorsal Female, ventral
Mantises Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Grass Mantid Rhodomantis pulchella	Na em		Male, dorsal + Size Male, front Female, front Female, head Female, dorsal + Size
Mantises Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Purplewinged Mantid Tenodera australasiae	Na a		Nymph, Front Nymph, dorsal
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Owlfly Ascalaphidae	Owlfly Megacmonotus magnus	Na em	This has to be the platypus of the insect world. Damselfly wings & tail, butterfly head & antennae and massive eyes from who knows where. Thank you to Ken Harris for pointing out this specimen is a male. Ken said "Only the male has the forked and tufted prominence on a front segment of its abdomen"	Male, dorsal Male, profile Male, eye Male, tail
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Beaded Lacewing Berothidae	Beaded Lacewing Spermophorella sp	Na em	Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us	Dorsal + Hairy Wings Profile Head + Hairy Thorax
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae sp	Na a		Eggs
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae	Green Lacewing Dictyochrysa peterseni	Na ema	Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae	Green Lacewing Mallada signatus	Na em	Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us	Insect Art
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae	Large Eyed Green Lacewing Mallada sp	Na em	Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us This species has incredibly long antennae. Ken Harris said "Probably Mallada signatus, but the colour is just a bit different from most that I have seen".	Dorsal, ~8mm Profile Antenna Ventral
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae	Green and Blue Lacewing Mallada tripunctatus	Na ema	Thank you Ken Harris for confirming the identification of this species	Hairy Abdomen Dorsal, ~8mm Wing venation Head & Neck, dorsal Head & Neck, profile Cleaning it's Antenna Ventral
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Brown Lacewing Hemerobiidae	Brown Lacewing Hemerobiidae sp ?	Na a		Larva Larva
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Antlion Myrmeleontidae	Small Antlion Bandidus sp	Na em	Thank you Ken Harris for confirming the identification of this species About 23mm long, with 2 pairs of claws per leg, which look very large compared with it's small size. Came to the night light. Small, barely visible, white patches on each wing. Ken said of this specimen it's similar to ".... Bandidus ocellonotus for which all known specimens come from South Australia, but there are several reasons why I don't believe it to be that species." Thanks Ken	Dorsal Profile Thorax Claws Wing Venations Ventral
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Antlion Myrmeleontidae	Striped Wing Antlion Distoleon bistrigatus	Na em	About 31mm long. Came to the night light. Very distinctive stripe on it's rear wing (which are longer than the fore wings).	Dorsal Profile Thorax Wing Venation Ventral
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Antlion Myrmeleontidae	Patched Wing Antlion Glenoleon meteoricus	Na em	Thank you Ken Harris for confirming the identification of this species A small specimen at about 23mm. It's been 2 years since we've seen an Antlion, and suddenly 2 on one night. Came to our night light. A very distinctive dark patch on the rear wing.	Dorsal Profile Thorax Face Forewing Venation Hindwing Venation Ventral
Net-winged Insects Neuroptera	Antlion Myrmeleontidae	Hairy Antlion Heoclisis fundata	Na em	Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us	Found on Shadecloth Dorsal, wings spread Forewing Venation Rearwing Venation Shoulder & Wing Attachments Back of Head Whole, ventral Upper Body, ventral Tail Segment Tail Tip + Hairy Wing Veins Yellow Mouth Parts Antenna & Neck Released, Camouflage
Dragonflies Odonata	Hawker Dragonfly Epiprocta: Aeshnidae	Blue-spotted Hawker Adversaeschna brevistyla	Na em	Notice with Dragonflies, they sit with their wings out flat, horizontally. The different sizes of the appendages between the male and female is very obvious in these images	Male, anterior Male, profile Male, Wings & Back Male, Tail Male, Head & Back Male, Head & Antenna Male, Eyes Female, dorsal Female, Body
Dragonflies Odonata	Hawker Dragonfly Epiprocta: Aeshnidae	Australian Emperor Anax papuensis	Na ema	Synonym: Hemianax papuensis	Body Profile In flight
Dragonflies Odonata	Emerald Dragonfly Epiprocta: Corduliidae	Tau Emerald Hemicordulia tau	Na ema	Different to the Australian Emerald (H. australiae) in a few ways. The Tau has: 1. Orange leading wing veins & wing patch (pterostigma), rather than black 2. An orange spot at the end of it's tail (segment 10) 3. An inverted "T" on it's face (unfortunately we didn't capture this in the photo's, yet)	Male, dorsal Male, profile Male, in flight Male, Body Male, Wing Male, Clasps Male, Secondary Genetalia Male, ventral Female, dorsal Female, profile Female, Body Female, Face Female, ventral Pair Mating, male above Pair Mating, rotated, male left Pair Mating, 3 pronged clasp
Dragonflies Odonata	Skimmer Epiprocta: Libellulidae	Wandering Percher Diplacodes bipunctata	Na ema	Synonym: Libellula bipunctata Notice with Skimmers, they sit with their wings out down, below horizontal. The males are similar to Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes), but with more black markings.	Young Male, dorsal Young Male, profile Male, profile Female, dorsal Female, anterior
Dragonflies Odonata	Skimmer Epiprocta: Libellulidae	Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum	Na ema	These can be difficult to distinguish as both genders are yellow and black when young. As they age they turn blue. The males go a bright, light sky blue; the females become grey blue. All males have 3 longer appendages on the rear, the females 2 shorter appendages. If you are able to take a ventral photo, the males have additional genetals near the join between body & tail. This is what the female connects to when they are mating.	Young Male, dorsal Young Male, profile Young Male, anterior Young Male, older Male, dorsal Male, profile Male, anterior Young Female, profile Young Female, anterior
Dragonflies Odonata	Damselfly Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae	Aurora Bluetail Ischnura aurora	Na m	Notice with Damselflies, they sit with their wings in vertically, flat along the body, or just above.	Male, profile Male, dorsal Male, iso view Male, close up Male & Female, about to mate
Dragonflies Odonata	Damselfly Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae	Bluetail Ischnura heterosticta	Na m
Dragonflies Odonata	Damselfly Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae	Red and Blue Damselfly Xanthagrion erythroneurum	Na em	Thank you Reiner Richter for identifying this species for us An off white / buff Damselfly with red / orange & blue highlights with light red / orange legs. Finely hairy body & head. The tail has evenly distributed black bars on top, with blue rings at the segment joins. It is off white / buff underneath. Each wing tip has an opaque section, with edges & veins being finely serated. This specimen was trapped behind flyscreen, so we grabbed a glass & plastic cutting board and caught it. Took these photos and then let it go. You can see it's in poor condition, with over 7 ticks, damaged eye and missing part of it's wing tip.	Female, profile Perspective with Flyscreen Female, Tail, dorsal Female, Tail, profile Female, Body Female, Wing Tips Female, anterior, body stripe Female, cleaning her eye Female, anterior, just because Pair skimming over tadpoles Depositing eggs on nardoo, with sawfly Depositing eggs on nardoo
Dragonflies Odonata	Spreadwing Zygoptera: Lestidae	Blue Ringtail Austrolestes annulosus	Na m	Notice with Spreadwings, they site with their wings in vertically, flat along the body, or just above, the same as Damselflies	Male, dorsal Male, profile Got a mate Depositing Fertilised Eggs into Water Female, profile
Dragonflies Odonata	Spreadwing Zygoptera: Lestidae	Inland Ringtail Austrolestes aridus	Na em		Male, profile Male, body, dorsal Male, holding Female before Mating Female, being held before Mating
Dragonflies Odonata	Spreadwing Zygoptera: Lestidae	Wandering Ringtail Austrolestes leda ?	Na m	Thank you Reiner Richter for identifying this species for us Reiner says may be either A. leda or A. io	Male, ventral

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