All species listed are native to the area.
Common name |
Scientific name |
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Darkling beetles |
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![Helea ovata [A Pie-dish beetle] Helea ovata [A Pie-dish beetle]](photos/beetles/Helea-ovata_Pie-dish-beetle_apm.jpg) |
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Bronzed field beetle |
Adelium brevicorne |
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A Darkling beetle |
Adelium porcatum |
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Honeybrown beetle |
Ecnolagria grandis |
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A Pie-dish beetle |
Helea ovata |
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A Darkling beetle |
Homotrysis cisteloides |
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A Darkling beetle |
Homotrysis lugubris |
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A Darkling beetle |
Isopteron triviale |
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A Darkling beetle |
Meneristes australis |
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A Comb-clawed beetle |
Neocistela ovalis |
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A Pie-dish beetle |
Pterohelaeus laticollis |
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A Comb-clawed beetle |
Tanychilus sp. (genus) |
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Jewel beetles |
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![Diphucrania leucosticta [White-flecked acacia jewel beetle] Diphucrania leucosticta [White-flecked acacia jewel beetle]](photos/beetles/Diphucrania-leucosticta_White-flecked-acacia-jewel-beetle_apm2.jpg) |
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Hypoleucus jewel beetle |
Agrilus hypoleucus |
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White-flecked acacia jewel beetle |
Diphucrania leucosticta |
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Other unidentified jewel beetle |
Diphucrania sp. |
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Melobasis jewel beetle |
Melobasis sordida |
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Lady beetles |
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![Coccinella transversalis [Transverse Ladybird] Coccinella transversalis [Transverse Ladybird]](photos/beetles/Coccinella-transversalis_Transverse-ladybird_apm.jpg) |
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Southern ladybird |
Cleobora mellyi |
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Transverse ladybird |
Coccinella transversalis |
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Mealybug ladybird |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri |
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Common Spotted Ladybird |
Harmonia conformis |
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Orange-spotted Ladybird |
Orcus australasiae |
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Unidentifed Scymnodes Ladybird |
Scymnodes sp. (genus) |
Leaf beetles |
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no common name |
Adoxia benallae |
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Unidentified flea beetle |
Alticini sp. (tribe) [2 species] |
![Aporocera (Aporocera) consors [A leaf beetle] Aporocera (Aporocera) consors [A leaf beetle]](photos/beetles/Aporocera-consors_Leaf-beetle_apm.jpg) |
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no common name |
Aporocera (Aporocera) consors |
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A case bearing leaf beetle |
Aporocera (Aporocera) flaviventris |
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no common name |
Aporocera (Aporocera) jocosa |
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no common name |
Aporocera (Aporocera) speciosa |
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Red-legged flea beetle |
Arsipoda holomelaena |
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A leaf beetle |
Cadmus (Brachycaulus) ferrugineus |
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no common name |
Cadmus luctuosus |
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Acacia leaf beetle |
Calomela bartoni |
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Acacia leaf beetle |
Calomela curtisi |
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A leaf beetle |
Calomela juncta |
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A leaf beetle |
Calomela maculicollis |
![Calomela vittata [Acacia leaf beetle] Calomela vittata [Acacia leaf beetle]](photos/beetles/Calomela-vittata_Acacia-leaf-beetle_apm5.jpg) |
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A leaf beetle |
Calomela moorei |
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A leaf beetle |
Calomela parilis |
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Acacia leaf beetle |
Calomela vittata |
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Acacia leaf beetle |
Calomela sp. |
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Acacia leaf beetle |
Dicranosterna immaculata |
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A leaf beetle |
Ditropidus pulchellus |
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Unidentified leaf beetle |
Ditropidus sp. [2 species] |
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A leaf beetle |
Edusella sp. (genus) |
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A leaf beetle |
Elaphodes cervinus |
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A leaf beetle |
Monolepta froggatti |
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Unidentified leaf beetle |
Monolepta sp. (genus) |
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A paropsine leaf beetle |
Paropsini sp. (tribe) |
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Eucalyptus tortoise beetle |
Paropsis aegrota |
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Eucalyptus leaf beetle |
Paropsis atomaria |
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no common name |
Paropsis obsoleta |
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Unidentified leaf beetle |
Paropsis sp. (genus) |
![Paropsisterna fastidiosa [Eucalyptus leaf beetle] Paropsisterna fastidiosa [Eucalyptus leaf beetle]](photos/beetles/Paropsisterna-fastidiosa_Eucalyptus-leaf-beetle_apm.jpg) |
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Eucalyptus variegated leaf beetle |
Paropsisterna cloelia |
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Eucalyptus leaf beetle |
Paropsisterna decolorata |
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Eucalyptus leaf beetle |
Paropsisterna fastidiosa |
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Glorious eucalyptus leaf beetle |
Paropsisterna gloriosa |
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A leaf beetle |
Paropsisterna hectica |
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Eucalyptus leaf beetle |
Paropsisterna m-fuscum |
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A leaf beetle |
Paropsisterna sp. ("Ch11" of DeLittle 1979) |
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Unidentified leaf beetle |
Paropsisterna sp. (genus) |
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Oceanica leaf beetle |
Peltoschema oceanica |
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no common name |
Peltoschema tetraspilota |
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Unidentified brown button beetle |
Trachymela sp. |
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Longhorn beetles |
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![Uracanthus triangularis [Triangular marked banksia longhorn beetle] Uracanthus triangularis [Triangular marked banksia longhorn beetle]](photos/beetles/Uracanthus-triangularis_Triangular-marked-banksia-longhorn-beetle_apm.jpg) |
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A longhorn beetle |
Ancita marginicollis |
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Unidentified longhorn beetle |
Ancita sp. [2 species] |
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Jugosa longhorn beetle |
Brachytria jugosa |
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One banded longicorn |
Obrida fascialis |
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Common eucalypt longicorn beetle |
Phoracantha semipunctata |
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A longhorn beetle |
Rhytiphora albocincta |
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A longhorn beetle |
Syllitus rectus |
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Triangular marked banksia longhorn beetle |
Uracanthus triangularis |
Scarab beetles |
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Green-tailed Christmas beetle |
Anoplognathus chloropyrus |
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Montane Christmas beetle |
Anoplognathus montanus |
![Chlorobapta frontalis [Flower scarab] Chlorobapta frontalis [Flower scarab]](photos/beetles/Chlorobapta-frontalis_Flower-scarab_apm.jpg) |
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Cashew beetle |
Anoplognathus pallidicollis |
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Porosus Christmas beetle |
Anoplognathus porosus |
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Centreline Christmas beetle |
Anoplognathus suturalis |
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Flower scarab |
Chlorobapta frontalis |
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Fiddler Beetle |
Eupoecila australasiae |
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Dimidiatus scarab beetle |
Heteronyx dimidiatus |
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Unidentified chafer beetle |
Liparetrus discipennis |
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Unidentified chafer beetle |
Liparetrus sp. (genus) |
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A Cockchafer |
Melolonthinae sp. (subfamily) |
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Spotted Flower Chafer |
Neorrhina punctata |
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A Nectar scarab |
Phyllotocus macleayi |
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A Nectar scarab |
Phyllotocus navicularis |
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A Nectar scarab |
Phyllotocus rufipennis |
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A Scarab beetle |
Semanopterus subcostatus |
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Weevils |
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![Rhinotia sp.s [Unidentified Rhinotia weevil] Rhinotia sp. [Unidentified Rhinotia weevil]](photos/beetles/Rhinotia-sp_unidentified-weevil_apm1.jpg) |
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Botany Bay weevil |
Chrysolopus spectabilis |
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A Ground weevil |
Cubicorhynchus sp. (genus) |
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A leaf-rolling weevil |
Euops sp. (genus) |
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no common name |
Oxyops fasciculatus |
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Unidentified Rhinaria weevil |
Rhinaria sp. (genus) |
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A belid weevil |
Rhinotia adelaidae |
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A belid weevil |
Rhinotia filiformis |
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Lycid-mimic belid weevil, Slender Red Weevil |
Rhinotia haemoptera |
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A belid weevil |
Rhinotia phoenicoptera |
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A belid weevil |
Rhinotia sparsa |
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A belid weevil |
Rhinotia sp. in brunnea-group |
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Unidentified Rhinotia weevil (2 species) |
Rhinotia sp. (genus) |
Other beetles |
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A Flea beetle |
Alticini (tribe) |
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Passalid beetle |
Aulacocyclus edentulus |
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Plague soldier beetle |
Chauliognathus lugubris |
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Tricolor soldier beetle |
Chauliognathus tricolor |
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Soft-winged flower beetle |
Dasytinae (subfamily) |
![Trigonodera sp. [Unidentified wedge-shaped beetle] Trigonodera sp. [Unidentified wedge-shaped beetle]](photos/beetles/Trigonodera-sp_wedge-shaped-beetle_apm.jpg) |
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Red and Blue Pollen Beetle |
Dicranolaius bellulus |
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A Clerid beetle |
Eleale pulchra |
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A Clerid beetle |
Eleale simplex |
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False click beetle |
Eucnemidae sp. (family) |
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Unidentified wedge-shaped beetle |
Euctenia sp. |
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False click beetle |
Hemiopsida sp. (genus) |
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Soft-winged flower beetle |
Melyridae sp. (family) |
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Pintail or tumbling flower beetle |
Mordella dumbrelli |
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Pintail beetle |
Mordella limbata |
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Unidentified Pintail or tumbling flower beetle |
Mordella sp. (genus) |
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Unidentified Pintail or tumbling flower beetle |
Mordellidae sp. (family) |
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A Carab beetle |
Notonomus sp. (genus) |
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A Clerid beetle |
Phlogistus sp. (genus) |
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Long-nosed Lycid (net-winged) beetle |
Porrostoma rhipidium |
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Unidentified wedge-shaped beetle |
Ptilophorus sp. (genus) |
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Feather-horned beetle |
Rhipicera (Agathorhipis) femorata |
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A Rove beetle |
Staphylinidae (family) |
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