| 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 |
| Stat' | Notes | Thumbnails: 149. 29 native species listed, with 21 from Ellura |
| Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||||||
| Mantises Mantodea | Praying Mantis Mantidae | Mallee Grass Mantis Archimantis sobrina | Na em |
Thank you Ethan Beaver for identifying this species for us | |||
| Mantises Mantodea | Praying Mantis Mantidae | Australian Green Mantid Orthodera gracilis | Na em |
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 |
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| Mantises Mantodea | Praying Mantis Mantidae | Boxer Bark Mantid Paraoxypilus sp | Na ema | ||||
| Mantises Mantodea | Praying Mantis Mantidae | Grass Mantid Rhodomantis pulchella | Na em | ||||
| Mantises Mantodea | Praying Mantis Mantidae | Purplewinged Mantid Tenodera australasiae | Na a | ||||
| 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" | |||
| Net-winged Insects Neuroptera | Beaded Lacewing Berothidae | Beaded Lacewing Spermophorella sp | Na em | Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us | |||
| Net-winged Insects Neuroptera | Green Lacewing Chrysopidae | Green Lacewing Chrysopidae sp | Na a | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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". | |||
| 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 | |||
| Net-winged Insects Neuroptera | Brown Lacewing Hemerobiidae | Brown Lacewing Hemerobiidae sp ? | Na a | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 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). | |||
| 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. | |||
| Net-winged Insects Neuroptera | Antlion Myrmeleontidae | Large Hairy Antlion Heoclisis fundata | Na em | Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us | |||
| 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 | |||
| Dragonflies Odonata | Hawker Dragonfly Epiprocta: Aeshnidae | Australian Emperor Anax papuensis | Na ema |
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| 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) | |||
| Dragonflies Odonata | Skimmer Epiprocta: Libellulidae | Wandering Percher Diplacodes bipunctata | Na ema |
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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |||
| Dragonflies Odonata | Spreadwing Zygoptera: Lestidae | Inland Ringtail Austrolestes aridus | Na em | ||||
| 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 | |||
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