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The following is a list of 101 species of other insects. It includes both those positively identified to the exact species as well as those incompletely identified.

All species listed are native to the area.

	Common name	Scientific name	hover over image to see name click to enlarge
Ants
	A Slow ant	Amblyopone sp. (genus)
	A Black Cocktail ant	Anonychomyrma sp.
	A Golden-tailed sugar ant	Camponotus aeneopilosus
	Banded sugar ant	Camponotus consobrinus
	Black-headed sugar ant	Camponotus nigriceps
	A Golden-tailed sugar ant	Camponotus suffusus
	Unidentified species of sugar ant	Camponotus sp. (genus)
	Meat ant	Iridomyrmex purpureus
	Tufted tyrant ant	Iridomyrmex rufoniger
	Unidentified Iridomyrmex sp.	Iridomyrmex sp.
	Field-furnace ant	Melophorus perthensis
	Bull ant or Jack Jumper	Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group
	A Jack Jumper	Myrmecia sp.
	Shining coconut ant	Papyrius nitidus
	Hairy coconut ant	Papyrius sp. (undescribed)
	Coconut ant	Papyrius sp
Bees
	Halictid bee	Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus)
	Halictid bee	Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica
Cicadas
	Unidentified Cicada	Cicadettini sp.
	Double-spotted cicada	Galanga labeculata
Cockroaches
	Bark cockroach	Calolampra sp. (genus)
	A diurnal cockroach	Ellipsidion sp. (genus)
	Common trilobite cockroach, Bark cockroach	Laxta granicollis
	Bark cockroach	Laxta sp. (genus)
	Common wood cockroach	Panesthia australis
	Red-legged litter runner	Platyzosteria similis
	Shelford's variable cockroach	Robshelfordia circumducta
	Shelford's western cockroach	Robshelfordia simplex
Dragonflies and Damselflies
	Blue-spotted Hawker	Adversaeschna brevistyla
	Australian Emperor	Anax papuensis
	Unicorn darner	Austroaeschna unicornis
	Wandering Ringtail	Austrolestes leda
	Wandering Percher	Diplacodes bipunctata
	Scarlet Percher	Diplacodes haematodes
	Tau Emerald	Hemicordulia tau
	Aurora Bluetail	Ischnura aurora
	Blue skimmer	Orthetrum caledonicum
	Red and Blue Damsel	Xanthagrion erythroneurum
Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids
	Giant green slantface	Acrida conica
	A field cricket	Bobilla sp.
	Common Garden Katydid	Caedicia simplex
	A grasshopper	Caledia captiva
	Meadow katydid	Conocephalus semivittatus
	Meadow Katydid	Conocephalus upoluensis
	Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper	Gastrimargus musicus
	A gumleaf grasshopper	Goniaea australasiae
	Black kneed gumleaf grasshopper	Goniaea carinata
	Unidentified gumleaf grasshopper	Goniaea sp. (genus)
	Common Macrotona	Macrotona australis
	Inland Macrotona	Macrotona securiformis
	Australian Oedaleus	Oedaleus australis
	A pygmy grasshopper	Paratettix australis
	Wingless grasshopper	Phaulacridium vittatum
	Short-tailed Polichne Katydid	Polichne parvicauda
	Unidentified species of grasshopper	Praxibulus sp. (genus)
	Gum leaf katydid	Torbia viridissima
Lacewings
	Unidentified Green lacewing	Chrysopidae sp. (family)
	Antlion lacewing	Glenoleon sp. (genus)
	Unidentified mantisfly	Mantispidae (family)
	Unidentified Antlion Lacewing	Myrmeleontidae (family)
	Blue Eyes Lacewing	Nymphes myrmeleonoides
Lerps
	White Lace Lerp	Cardiaspina albitextura
	Unidentified sugary lerp	Glycaspis sp.
	Unidentified psyllid or lerp insect	Psyllidae sp.
	Shell lerp	Spondyliaspis plicatuloides
Praying Mantis
	Stick Insect, Large Brown Mantis	Archimantis latistyla
	Large Brown Mantis	Archimantis sp. (genus)
	Garden mantis	Orthodera ministralis
	Purple-winged mantid	Tenodera australasiae
Sawflies
	Ironbark Sawfly	Lophyrotoma analis
	Cattle Poisoning Sawfly	Lophyrotoma interrupta
	A Steel Blue Sawfly or Spitfire	Perga dorsalis
	A Steel Blue Sawfly	Perga sp. (genus)
	A Sawfly	Pergagrapta polita
	Unidentified Sawfly	Pergidae sp. (family)
	A Sawfly	Pseudoperga lewisii
	A Sawfly	Pseudoperga sp. (genus)
Scale insects & mealybugs
	A gall forming scale	Apiomorpha sp.
	Unidentified coccid scale insect	Coccidae sp.
	Wattle Tick Scale	Cryptes baccatus
	Gumtree Scale	Eriococcus coriaceus
	Acacia mealy bug	Icerya acaciae
	Mussel scale	Lepidosaphes sp. (genus)
Scorpionflies and Hangingflies
	Autumn scorpion fly	Chorista australis
	A Hanging fly	Harpobittacus australis
Termites
	Snouted termite, Gluegun termite	Nasutitermes sp. (genus)
True Bugs
	Unidentified Tip bug	Amorbus sp. (genus) [4 species]
	Brown Shiled bug	Dictyotus caenosus
	Orange Assassin bug	Gminatus australis
	Unidentified Plant bug	Miridae sp. (family)
	A Broad-headed bug	Mutusca brevicornis
	Green stink bug	Ocirrhoe unimaculata
	Spined predatory shield bug	Oechalia schellenbergii
	Acacia-spotting bug	Rayieria acaciae
	Braconid-mimic plant bug	Rayieria basifer
	Water Strider	Tenagogerris euphrosyne
	Gum tree shield bug	Theseus modestus

For more photos of these insects from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow these links to
the Canberra Nature Map: