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If you feel you can identify any of these insects, I'd be most grateful if you would leave a comment with the identification or drop me an email at kpower@exemail.com.au - I am an enthusiastic amateur photographer with very little knowlwdge in this field ....regards Keith
For help with identification sincere thanks to....Cody Dempsey, Richard Lloyd, Jamie Hopkinson, Don Herbison-Evans, Geoff Monteith, Matthew Shaw, Chris Freebairn, David Rider, Ron Atkinson, Katie Hiller, Greg Czechura, Alec Hansen ......(if I've missed your name please forgive me for the over sight!)
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Blue-eyed-lacewing
Blue-eyed-lacewing		 Blue-eyed-lacewing
Blue-eyed-lacewing		 Lacewing-eggs
Lacewing-eggs		 Lacewing larvae
Lacewing larvae
Ant Lion
Ant Lion		 Blue eyed Lacewing
Blue eyed Lacewing		 Small green lacewing
Small green lacewing		 Garden ornament. (6-05)
Garden ornament. (6-05)
ET? (Praying Mantis)
ET? (Praying Mantis)		 Praying Mantis (Closeup)
Praying Mantis (Closeup)		 Praying Mantis (Grooming)
Praying Mantis (Grooming)		 Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis
Praying mantis egg sack
Praying mantis egg sack		 New arrivals (3/05)
New arrivals (3/05)		 Stick insect nymph
Stick insect nymph		 Spiney leaf insect - Extatosoma tiaratum
Spiney leaf insect - "Extatosoma tiaratum"
Spiney leaf insect - Extatosoma tiaratum
Spiney leaf insect - "Extatosoma tiaratum"		 Case-Moth-Larva-Emerging
Case-Moth-Larva-Emerging		 Sphingids (Xanthodes transversa)
Sphingids (Xanthodes transversa)		 Unknown-caterpillar ( Length 40-45mm )
Unknown-caterpillar ( Length 40-45mm )
Probably....Spilosoma canescens
Probably....Spilosoma canescens		 Hairy Caterpillar
Hairy Caterpillar		 Orgyia australis (1-05)
Orgyia australis (1-05)		 Josephs Coat Moth Caterpillar (6/06)
Josephs Coat Moth Caterpillar (6/06)
Papilio anactus
Papilio anactus		 Hawk-Moth-Caterpillar -Theretra latreillii
Hawk-Moth-Caterpillar -Theretra latreillii		 Hawk-Moth-Caterpillar-(Alarmed)
Hawk-Moth-Caterpillar-(Alarmed)		 Juvenile-Hawk-Moth-Caterpillar
Juvenile-Hawk-Moth-Caterpillar
Papilio aegeus
Papilio aegeus		 Grapevine Moth Caterpillar (05/06)
Grapevine Moth Caterpillar (05/06)		 Caterpillar (Common Aust. Crow - Euploea core corinna)
Caterpillar (Common Aust. Crow - Euploea core corinna)		 Impatiens Hawk Moth(Young instar)[2-05]
Impatiens Hawk Moth(Young instar)[2-05]
Unknown Caterpillar (20-30mm)
Unknown Caterpillar (20-30mm)		 Orchard or Citrus Swallowtail ButterflyCaterpillar
Orchard or Citrus Swallowtail ButterflyCaterpillar		 Orchard or Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar
Orchard or Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar		 White Cabbage Butterfly Caterpillar
White Cabbage Butterfly Caterpillar
Xanthodes transversa
Xanthodes transversa		 Snout Moth Caterpillar (11-05)
Snout Moth Caterpillar (11-05)		 Snout Moth Caterpillar's feet (11-05)
Snout Moth Caterpillar's "feet " (11-05)		 Millipede
Millipede
Black field earwig
Black field earwig		 Heliothis Larvae
Heliothis Larvae		 Heliothis Pupae
Heliothis Pupae		 Heliothis moth
Heliothis moth
Leafhopper
Leafhopper		 Black-Red-Bug
Black-Red-Bug		 Assassin Bug
Assassin Bug		 Australian Bush Cockroach
Australian Bush Cockroach
Longicorn Beetle
Longicorn Beetle		 Nymph damsel bug
Nymph damsel bug		 Damsel Bug
Damsel Bug		 Damsel Bug (portrait)
Damsel Bug (portrait)
Go-away-you-smell (Stink bugs)
Go-away-you-smell (Stink bugs)		 Another Stink Bug
Another Stink Bug		 Spined citrus bug(1-5)
Spined citrus bug(1-5)		 Vegetable bug 1st instar
Vegetable bug 1st instar
Vegetable bug instar
Vegetable bug instar		 Adult vegetable bug note eggs of parasitic fly Trichopoda giacomellii
Adult vegetable bug note eggs of parasitic fly Trichopoda giacomellii		 Rutherglen bug
Rutherglen bug		 Stink-Bug-2
Stink-Bug-2
Leaf Hopper (nymph)
Leaf Hopper (nymph)		 Leaf Hopper (Nymph)
Leaf Hopper (Nymph)		 Unknown Queen Ant ?
Unknown Queen Ant ?		 Flatid planthoppers bug
Flatid planthoppers bug
Wireworm
Wireworm		 Common Brown Earwig
Common Brown Earwig		 Field Black Earwig
Field Black Earwig		 Nymph Stink bug 8mm long (2-5)
Nymph Stink bug 8mm long (2-5)
Redbanded Shield Bug (Piezodorus hybneri)
Redbanded Shield Bug (Piezodorus hybneri)		 Big eyed bug (1.5mm long) very aggressive!
Big eyed bug (1.5mm long) very aggressive!		 Big eyed bug1.5mm
Big eyed bug1.5mm		 Treehopper
Treehopper
Assassin bug hatchlings
Assassin bug hatchlings		 Bee Assassin Bug
Bee Assassin Bug		 Fifth instar assassin bug
Fifth instar assassin bug		 Adult Assassin bug
Adult Assassin bug
Assassin-bug-&-heliothis-larvae
Assassin-bug-&-heliothis-larvae		 Assassin-bug-& prey.jpg
Assassin-bug-& prey.jpg		 Nymph predatory shield bug
Nymph predatory shield bug		 Adult predatory shield bug
Adult predatory shield bug
Lantern Fly (A Leafhopper)
Lantern Fly (A Leafhopper)		 Leafhopper
Leafhopper		 Fitness Freak! (Longicorn Beetle)
Fitness Freak! (Longicorn Beetle)		 Nymph Mirid
Nymph Mirid
Green Mirid
Green Mirid		 Myrid bug
Myrid bug		 Katydid
Katydid		 Who's been eating all the flowers?....Katydid
Who's been eating all the flowers?....Katydid
Male garden Katydid (Feelers indicate his unhappyness)
Male garden Katydid (Feelers indicate his unhappyness)		 Close up of previous Katydid
Close up of previous Katydid		 Bladder Cicada
Bladder Cicada		 Lutino Bladder Cicada
Lutino Bladder Cicada
Bladder-Cicada
Bladder-Cicada		 Cicada-Head
Cicada-Head		 Cicada closeup
Cicada closeup		 I wannna be a Cicada
I wannna be a Cicada
Emerging Bladder Cicada #1
Emerging Bladder Cicada #1		 Emerging Bladder Cicada #2
Emerging Bladder Cicada #2		 Emerging Bladder Cicada #3
Emerging Bladder Cicada #3		 Emerging Bladder Cicada #4
Emerging Bladder Cicada #4
Emerging Bladder Cicada #5
Emerging Bladder Cicada #5		 Bladder Cicada ready to lay eggs?
Bladder Cicada ready to lay eggs?		 Cicada
Cicada		 Cricket
Cricket
King Cricket has landed!
King Cricket has landed!		 Juvenile-Grasshopper - Just 10mm long!
Juvenile-Grasshopper - Just 10mm long!		 Longhorned Grasshopper (male nymph)
Longhorned Grasshopper (male nymph)		 Locust
Locust
Grasshopper
Grasshopper		 Grasshopper
Grasshopper		 Conehead-grasshopper
Conehead-grasshopper		 Conehead-up-close
Conehead-up-close
Another Grasshopper
Another Grasshopper		 Unknown Grasshopper
Unknown Grasshopper		 Unknown Grasshopper closeup
Unknown Grasshopper closeup		 Follow-me (Sugar Ants)
Follow-me (Sugar Ants)
Golden Spiny or Elegant Spiny Ants
Golden Spiny or Elegant Spiny Ants		 Hep ant?
Hep ant?		 Scorpion Flie or Hanging Flie
Scorpion Flie or Hanging Flie		 Mosquito sized fly (Chironomid midge)
Mosquito sized fly (Chironomid midge)
long legged flies
long legged flies		 Long-legged-fly
Long-legged-fly		 Flesh-Fly
Flesh-Fly		 Post-Mortein
Post-Mortein
Unknown Fly
Unknown Fly		 Very-Small-Fly(-Body-3-5mm)
Very-Small-Fly(-Body-3-5mm)		 Zebra-Fly?
Zebra-Fly?		 Tiny green bush-fly
Tiny green bush-fly
Bush-fly
Bush-fly		 Metallic Fly? [2-5]
Metallic Fly? [2-5]		 Blow fly
Blow fly		 The eyes have it!
The eyes have it!
Blow fly closeup
Blow fly closeup		 March fly
March fly		 March-fly (or green eye fly)
March-fly (or green eye fly)		 Another March (or Green Eyed) Fly
Another March (or Green Eyed) Fly
Soldier Beetle (1-5)
Soldier Beetle (1-5)		 Soldier Beetle (5-5)
Soldier Beetle (5-5)		 Leafy-Love-In (Soldier-Beetles)
Leafy-Love-In (Soldier-Beetles)		 Robber (Asilid) Fly - A Prickly Customer
Robber (Asilid) Fly - A Prickly Customer
Robber (Asilid) fly closeup
Robber (Asilid) fly closeup		 Fruit-Fly (quite tiny)
Fruit-Fly (quite tiny)		 Mantisfly
Mantisfly		 Australian Cheese fly
Australian Cheese fly
Another Australian cheese Fly(Piophila australis)
Another Australian cheese Fly(Piophila australis)		 Lift those feet (Hoverfly)
Lift those feet (Hoverfly)		 Hover Fly on Lantana flower.
Hover Fly on Lantana flower.		 Hover fly . bee imitator (9-4)
Hover fly . bee imitator (9-4)
Hover fly - Bee mimicking fly
Hover fly - Bee mimicking fly		 Green-Dragonfly
Green-Dragonfly		 Dragonfly-eyes
Dragonfly-eyes		 Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Brown Dragonfly
Brown Dragonfly		 Brown Dragonfly resting
Brown Dragonfly resting		 Blue-Dragonfly
Blue-Dragonfly		 Blue-dragonfly, from another aspect.
Blue-dragonfly, from another aspect.
Red Dragonfly
Red Dragonfly		 Blue-Dragonfly-Head
Blue-Dragonfly-Head		 Damselfly (10-5)
Damselfly (10-5)		 Ruby Wasp (10-05)
Ruby Wasp (10-05)
Long bodied mud dauber wasp?
Long bodied mud dauber wasp?		 Mud Wasp
Mud Wasp		 Paper nest wasp
Paper nest wasp		 Paper nest wasp closeup
Paper nest wasp closeup
Assassain Bug
Assassain Bug		 Assassain Bug
Assassain Bug		 Paper Wasp [3-05]
Paper Wasp [3-05]		 Spider wasp (1-5)
Spider wasp (1-5)
Hairy Flower Wasp
Hairy Flower Wasp		 Hairy flower wasp (Scoliidae)
Hairy flower wasp (Scoliidae)		 Blue Flower-wasp
Blue Flower-wasp		 Lissopimpla excelsa (orchid dupe)
Lissopimpla excelsa (orchid dupe)
Netelia producta (orange caterpillar parasite)
Netelia producta (orange caterpillar parasite)		 Ichneumon-Wasp
Ichneumon-Wasp		 Another Ichneumon-Wasp
Another Ichneumon-Wasp		 Banded caterpillar parasite (Ichneumon promissorius)
Banded caterpillar parasite (Ichneumon promissorius)
Still another-Ichneumon Wasp
Still another-Ichneumon Wasp		 Ichneumon-Wasp-(ant-sized)
Ichneumon-Wasp-(ant-sized)		 Ensign Wasp
Ensign Wasp		 Small Wasp (family Pteromalidae) 2-3mm
Small Wasp (family Pteromalidae) 2-3mm
Wasp? (10mm-body)
Wasp? (10mm-body)		 Golden haired mortar bee (Amegilla bombiformis)
Golden haired mortar bee (Amegilla bombiformis)		 Golden haired mortar (Teddy bear) bee.- Amegilla bombiformas
Golden haired mortar (Teddy bear) bee.- Amegilla bombiformas		 Blue banded bee(Amegilla).
Blue banded bee(Amegilla).
Native bee(Approx 6-9mm length)
Native bee(Approx 6-9mm length)		 Leafcutter bee - Megachile spp ?
Leafcutter bee - Megachile spp ?		 Snail Race
Snail Race		 Double-Yuk (Rainforest Slugs)
Double-Yuk (Rainforest Slugs)
Mealybug Destroyer Larvae(Found on Norfolk-pine).
Mealybug Destroyer Larvae(Found on Norfolk-pine).		 Scale-Bug
Scale-Bug		 White-spotted feather Horn beetle (Rhipidocera)
White-spotted feather Horn beetle (Rhipidocera)		 Known locally as Harlequin-Beetle)Tectocoris diophthalmus, family Scutelleridae
Known locally as Harlequin-Beetle)Tectocoris diophthalmus, family Scutelleridae
Lycid beetle (Golden netwing) Dictyopterus aurora
Lycid beetle (Golden netwing) Dictyopterus aurora		 Lycid beetle (Golden netwing)
Lycid beetle (Golden netwing)		 Lycid-Beetle (Golden Netwing) -Close-Up
Lycid-Beetle (Golden Netwing) -Close-Up		 Beetle-10mm-long
Beetle-10mm-long
Sow bug
Sow bug		 Jewel Beetle - Erotylidae
Jewel Beetle - Erotylidae		 Pumpkin beetle?
Pumpkin beetle?		 Pumpkin beetle - alternative view
Pumpkin beetle - alternative view
Another Pumpkin Beetle
Another Pumpkin Beetle		 Carabid-Beetle
Carabid-Beetle		 Carabid-Beetle
Carabid-Beetle		 Carabid-Beetle
Carabid-Beetle
Clerid
Clerid		 Brown Darkling Beetle
Brown Darkling Beetle		 Brown Darkling Beetle (closeup)
Brown Darkling Beetle (closeup)		 Fiddler beetle
Fiddler beetle
Platycoris? family Pentatomidae
Platycoris? family Pentatomidae		 Flower Chafer beetle - Protaetia fusca
"Flower Chafer" beetle - Protaetia fusca		 Unknown-beetle-approx-12mm drab colors.
Unknown-beetle-approx-12mm drab colors.		 Male-Cowboy-Beetle
Male-Cowboy-Beetle
Elephant Weevil
Elephant Weevil		 Pinocchio
"Pinocchio"		 Female-dung-beetle (canine)
Female-dung-beetle (canine)		 Male-dung-beetle (canine)
Male-dung-beetle (canine)
Male Rhinoceros Beetle
Male Rhinoceros Beetle		 The-Iron Lady
The-Iron Lady		 Male-Rhinoceros Beetle
Male-Rhinoceros Beetle		 Female-Rhino
Female-Rhino
Male-Rhino
Male-Rhino		 Metallic Shield Bug
Metallic Shield Bug		 Small Rove Beetle
Small Rove Beetle		 Rove beetle
Rove beetle
Poinciana longicorn beetle
Poinciana longicorn beetle		 Tiger or Flower longicorn
Tiger or Flower longicorn		 Chestnut-Brown-Longicorn beetle-Head (12-4)
Chestnut-Brown-Longicorn beetle-Head (12-4)		 Brown Stag Beetle - Rhyssonotus nebulosus (family: Lucanidae)
Brown Stag Beetle - Rhyssonotus nebulosus (family: Lucanidae)
Longicorn beetle - Microtragus echinatum
Longicorn beetle - Microtragus echinatum		 Longicorn beetle
Longicorn beetle		 Staghorn Beetle ?
Staghorn Beetle ?		 Where to now?
Where to now?
Asian ladybird
Asian ladybird		 Ladybird-larvae
Ladybird-larvae		 Another type of ladybird larvae
Another type of ladybird larvae		 White collared ladybird
White collared ladybird
White Collared Ladybird
White Collared Ladybird		 The pink lady!
The pink lady!		 Transverse ladybirds
Transverse ladybirds		 Transverse ladybird
Transverse ladybird
Hold tight son! ......Mums coming (15/05)
Hold tight son! ......Mums coming (15/05)		 Three banded ladybird on sorghum
Three banded ladybird on sorghum		 Its an upside-down world - Three banded ladybird [15/05]
Its an upside-down world - Three banded ladybird [15/05]		 Liftoff (10-5)
Liftoff (10-5)
Striped ladybird
Striped ladybird		 28 Spot Ladybird Larvae.
28 Spot Ladybird Larvae.		 28 Spot ladybird (10/06)
28 Spot ladybird (10/06)		 28 Spot ladybird (10/06)
28 Spot ladybird (10/06)
Tiger moth
Tiger moth		 Old lady moth - Noctuidae
Old lady moth - Noctuidae		 Old lady moth (Close up)
Old lady moth (Close up)		 Ghost-moth?
Ghost-moth?
Ghost-moth-up-close
Ghost-moth-up-close		 Hawk-Moth
Hawk-Moth		 Hawk-Moth-portrait
Hawk-Moth-portrait		 Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth		 Unidentified small moth (approx 10mm)
Unidentified small moth (approx 10mm)		 Unknown moth on lucerne crop
Unknown moth on lucerne crop		 Another unknown moth on lucerne crop
Another unknown moth on lucerne crop
Male Caper White
Male Caper White		 Butterfly on Bottlebrush
Butterfly on Bottlebrush		 Bluey (Blue Tiger)
Bluey (Blue Tiger)		 Meadow Argus Butterfly
Meadow Argus Butterfly
Struttin-ma-stuff
Struttin-ma-stuff		 Glasswing-Butterfly
Glasswing-Butterfly		 Black Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail		 Juvenile-Jumper (3-5mm dia.)
Juvenile-Jumper (3-5mm dia.)
Mini jumper - Lynx Spider?
Mini jumper - Lynx Spider?		 Jumper ( Sandalodes albobarbatus?)
Jumper ( Sandalodes albobarbatus?)		 The Golden Orb spider
The Golden Orb spider		 Huntsman
Huntsman
Eyeball-a-Huntsman
Eyeball-a-Huntsman		 Garden-Wheel-Weaver
Garden-Wheel-Weaver		 Redback-and-eggs
Redback-and-eggs		 Ms Redback
Ms Redback
Small Black Jumper
Small Black Jumper		 jumper
jumper		 Probably Badumna sp
Probably Badumna sp		 Another Unknown Spider
Another Unknown Spider
Garden Orb Spider (male)
Garden Orb Spider (male)		 Spiney Spider
Spiney Spider		 Spiney spider (another aspect)
Spiney spider (another aspect)		 Two spined spider
Two spined spider
Tiny Money spider (2-3mm body size)
Tiny Money spider (2-3mm body size)		 Small Yellow Jumping Spider
Small Yellow Jumping Spider		 Wrap Around Spider?
Wrap Around Spider?		 Unknown spider
Unknown spider
Tent Spider
Tent Spider		 St-Andrews-Cross
St-Andrews-Cross		 Dewdrop Spider
Dewdrop Spider		 Dewdrop Spider (Another perspective)
Dewdrop Spider (Another perspective)
Wolf spider with egg sac.
Wolf spider with egg sac.		 Wolf spider and young.
Wolf spider and young.		 Net-Caster
Net-Caster		 Netcaster male
Netcaster male
Net-Caster-Egg-Sack (Approx 12mm dia)
Net-Caster-Egg-Sack (Approx 12mm dia)		 Mass of newly hatched Net-Casters
Mass of newly hatched Net-Casters		 Another-batch-of-unknown junior-spiders
Another-batch-of-unknown junior-spiders		 Leaf-curling Spider
Leaf-curling Spider
Leaf Spider
Leaf Spider		 Crab-Spider.jpg
Crab-Spider.jpg		 Centipede.jpg
Centipede.jpg		 House-Centipede
House-Centipede
Small Desert Scorpion
Small Desert Scorpion		 Mating Striped-Marsh-Frogs
Mating Striped-Marsh-Frogs		 Green-Tree-Frog
Green-Tree-Frog		 Crucifix Toad (Notaden bennettii)
Crucifix Toad (Notaden bennettii)
Crucifix Toad (Notaden bennettii) - Rear view
Crucifix Toad (Notaden bennettii) - Rear view		 Gecko
Gecko		 Gecko
Gecko
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heather harris 03-Oct-2010 16:42
I have had this prey mantis in my flowers for atleast a month and it sat in there the whole time. FInally i noticed this egg sack coming from its back end and thought it definetly was an egg sack. Well looking at the pictures on the web that is definetly is an egg sack. it has been there for three days and still watching it. I would like to learn more about it. Also i have not seen the female since she layed the egg. Thanks Heather
Yvonne Metcalfe 04-Feb-2010 01:32
Your photos are beyond fantastic. I am an avid amateur photographer and bug enthusiast myself. You have a fantastic eye for the subjects you shoot. Thanks for sharing! I would love to know what kind of equipment you use!
Dang 22-May-2009 17:49
Nice variety, and well photographed. Added to my Invertebrate Topic, thanks for sharing.
Keith Power 09-Aug-2007 23:19
Thanks to those people that have made comments, especially with identification information -- Keith
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