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)
Mantis 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
Mantis Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Australian Green Mantid Orthodera gracilis	Na em	Other Common Name: Australian Garden Mantid
Mantis Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Green Mantid Orthodera ministralis	Na ma	Other Common Name: Garden Mantid	Nymph
Mantis Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Boxer Bark Mantid Paraoxypilus sp	Na ma		Male, dorsal Male, profile Female, dorsal Female, ventral
Mantis Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Grass Mantid Rhodomantis sp ES1	Na em		Dorsal + Size Front
Mantis Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Striped Grass Mantid Rhodomantis sp ES2	Na em		Front Head Dorsal + Size
Mantis Mantodea	Praying Mantis Mantidae	Purplewinged Mantid Tenodera australasiae	Na a		Nymph, Front Nymph, dorsal
Net-winged Insect 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.	Dorsal Profile Eye -EXTRA- Tail
Net-winged Insect 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 Insect Neuroptera	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae	Green Lacewing Apertochrysa edwardsi ?	Na em		Insect Art
Net-winged Insect Neuroptera	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae	Green Lacewing Italochrysa insignis ?	Na ema		Eggs -EXTRA- Pupa
Net-winged Insect 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 (body ~8mm) Wing venation Head & Neck, dorsal Head & Neck, profile Cleaning it's Antenna Ventral
Net-winged Insect Neuroptera	Green Lacewing Chrysopidae	Large Eyed Green Lacewing Plesiochrysa ramburi ?	Na em	This species has incredibly long antennae.	Dorsal (body~8mm) Profile Antenna Ventral
Net-winged Insect Neuroptera	Brown Lacewing Hemerobiidae	Brown Lacewing Hemerobiidae sp ?	Na a		Larva
Net-winged Insect 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
Dragonfly 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
Dragonfly Odonata	Hawker Dragonfly Epiprocta: Aeshnidae	Australian Emperor Anax papuensis	Na em	Synonym: Hemianax papuensis	Body Profile In flight
Dragonfly 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 -EXTRA- 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 -EXTRA-
Dragonfly Odonata	Skimmer Epiprocta: Libellulidae	Wandering Percher Diplacodes bipunctata	Na em	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
Dragonfly 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
Dragonfly 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
Dragonfly Odonata	Damselfly Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae	Bluetail Ischnura heterosticta	Na m
Dragonfly 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 -EXTRA- 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
Dragonfly 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
Dragonfly 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
Dragonfly 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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