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Insects

Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)
Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Praying mantises (Mantodea)
Primitive insects
Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)
Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
True flies (Diptera)
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Other insects
Lacewings (Neuroptera)
Unidentified Insect Galls

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Chlorodectes montanus (Montane green shield back katydid)

Chlorodectes montanus
Chlorodectes montanus
Chlorodectes montanus
Chlorodectes montanus

Chrysolopus spectabilis (Botany Bay Weevil)

Chrysolopus spectabilis
Chrysolopus spectabilis
Chrysolopus spectabilis
Chrysolopus spectabilis

Cirphula pyrrhocnemis (Variable Cirphula)

Cirphula pyrrhocnemis
Cirphula pyrrhocnemis
Cirphula pyrrhocnemis
Cirphula pyrrhocnemis

Comptosia insignis (A bee fly)

Comptosia insignis
Comptosia insignis
Comptosia insignis

Corynophora lativittalis (Crambinae)

Corynophora lativittalis
Corynophora lativittalis
Corynophora lativittalis
Corynophora lativittalis

Coryphistes ruricola (Bark-mimicking Grasshopper)

Coryphistes ruricola
Coryphistes ruricola
Coryphistes ruricola
Coryphistes ruricola

Creophilus lanio (Rove Beetle)

Creophilus lanio
Creophilus lanio
Creophilus lanio
Creophilus lanio

Cyclochila australasiae (Greengrocer, Yellow Monday, Masked devil)

Cyclochila australasiae
Cyclochila australasiae
Cyclochila australasiae
Cyclochila australasiae

Daptolestes limbipennis (Robber fly)

Daptolestes limbipennis
Daptolestes limbipennis
Daptolestes limbipennis
Daptolestes limbipennis

Delias nigrina (Black Jezebel)

Delias nigrina
Delias nigrina
Delias nigrina
Delias nigrina

Diamesus osculans (Carrion beetle)

Diamesus osculans
Diamesus osculans
Diamesus osculans

Diplacodes sp. (a percher)

Diplacodes sp.
Diplacodes sp.
Diplacodes sp.

Elateridae (family) (Unidentified click beetle)

Elateridae (family)
Elateridae (family)
Elateridae (family)
Elateridae (family)

Gastrimargus musicus (Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper)

Gastrimargus musicus
Gastrimargus musicus
Nymph

Nymph
Gastrimargus musicus
Nymph

Graphium macleayanum (Macleay's Swallowtail)

Graphium macleayanum
Graphium macleayanum
Graphium macleayanum
Graphium macleayanum

Heide amiculi (Heath Matchstick)

Heide amiculi
Heide amiculi
Heide amiculi
Heide amiculi

Heide sp. (genus) (A heath matchstick grasshopper)

Heide sp. (genus)
Heide sp. (genus)
Heide sp. (genus)

Hemicordulia tau (Tau Emerald)

Hemicordulia tau
Hemicordulia tau
Hemicordulia tau
Hemicordulia tau

Hesthesis sp. (genus) (Wasp-mimic longicorn beetle)

Hesthesis sp. (genus)
Hesthesis sp. (genus)
Hesthesis sp. (genus)

Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly)

MALE

MALE

FEMALE

FEMALE
Heteronympha merope
Heteronympha merope
MALE
FEMALE

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