All species listed are native to the area.
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| Ants |
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![Camponotus nigriceps [Black-headed sugar ant]](photos/ants/Camponotus-nigriceps_Black-headed-sugar-ant_apm.jpg "Camponotus nigriceps [Black-headed sugar ant]") |
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A Slow ant |
Amblyopone sp. (genus) |
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A Black Cocktail ant |
Anonychomyrma sp. |
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A Golden-tailed sugar ant |
Camponotus aeneopilosus |
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Banded sugar ant |
Camponotus consobrinus |
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Black-headed sugar ant |
Camponotus nigriceps |
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A Golden-tailed sugar ant |
Camponotus suffusus |
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Unidentified species of sugar ant |
Camponotus sp. (genus) |
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Meat ant |
Iridomyrmex purpureus |
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Tufted tyrant ant |
Iridomyrmex rufoniger |
![Papyrius nitidus [Shining Coconut ants]](photos/ants/Papyrius-nitidus_Shining-coconut-ant_apm.jpg "Papyrius nitidus [Shining Coconut ants]") |
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Unidentified Iridomyrmex sp. |
Iridomyrmex sp. |
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Field-furnace ant |
Melophorus perthensis |
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Bull ant or Jack Jumper |
Myrmecia sp., pilosula-group |
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A Jack Jumper |
Myrmecia sp. |
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Shining coconut ant |
Papyrius nitidus |
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Hairy coconut ant |
Papyrius sp. (undescribed) |
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Coconut ant |
Papyrius sp |
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| Bees |
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Halictid bee |
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) lanarium |
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Halictid bee |
Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica |
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Resin bee |
Megachile ferox |
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| Cicadas |
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![Cicadettini sp. [unidentified Cicada]](photos/other-insects/Galanga-labeculata_Double-spotted-cicada_apm.jpg "Cicadettini sp. [unidentified Cicada]") |
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Unidentified Cicada |
Cicadettini sp. |
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Double-spotted cicada |
Galanga labeculata |
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| Cockroaches |
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![Laxta sp. [Bark cockroach]](photos/other-insects/Laxta-sp_Bark-cockroach_apm.jpg "Laxta sp. [Bark cockroach]") |
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Bark cockroach |
Calolampra sp. (genus) |
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A diurnal cockroach |
Ellipsidion sp. (genus) |
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Common trilobite cockroach, Bark cockroach |
Laxta granicollis |
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Bark cockroach |
Laxta sp. (genus) |
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Common wood cockroach |
Panesthia australis |
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Red-legged litter runner |
Platyzosteria similis |
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Shelford's variable cockroach |
Robshelfordia circumducta |
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Shelford's western cockroach |
Robshelfordia simplex |
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| Dragonflies and Damselflies |
![Hemicordulia tau [Tau emerald]](photos/other-insects/Hemicordulia-tau_Tau-emerald_apm1.jpg "Hemicordulia tau [Tau emerald]") |
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Blue-spotted Hawker |
Adversaeschna brevistyla |
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Australian Emperor |
Anax papuensis |
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Unicorn darner |
Austroaeschna unicornis |
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Eastern billabongfly |
Austroagrion watsoni |
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Wandering Ringtail |
Austrolestes leda |
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Wandering Percher |
Diplacodes bipunctata |
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Scarlet Percher |
Diplacodes haematodes |
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Tau Emerald |
Hemicordulia tau |
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Aurora Bluetail |
Ischnura aurora |
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Blue skimmer |
Orthetrum caledonicum |
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Red and Blue Damsel |
Xanthagrion erythroneurum |
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| Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids |
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Giant green slantface |
Acrida conica |
![Macrotona securiformis [Inland macrotona]](photos/other-insects/Macrotona-securiformis_Inland-macrotona_apm.jpg "Macrotona securiformis [Inland macrotona]")
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A field cricket |
Bobilla sp. |
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Common Garden Katydid |
Caedicia simplex |
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A grasshopper |
Caledia captiva |
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Meadow katydid |
Conocephalus semivittatus |
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Meadow Katydid |
Conocephalus upoluensis |
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Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper |
Gastrimargus musicus |
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A gumleaf grasshopper |
Goniaea australasiae |
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Black kneed gumleaf grasshopper |
Goniaea carinata |
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Unidentified gumleaf grasshopper |
Goniaea sp. (genus) |
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A Grasshopper |
Heteropternis obscurella |
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Common Macrotona |
Macrotona australis |
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Inland Macrotona |
Macrotona securiformis |
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Australian Oedaleus |
Oedaleus australis |
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A pygmy grasshopper |
Paratettix australis |
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Wingless grasshopper |
Phaulacridium vittatum |
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Short-tailed Polichne Katydid |
Polichne parvicauda |
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Unidentified species of grasshopper |
Praxibulus sp. (genus) |
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Gum leaf katydid |
Torbia viridissima |
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| Lacewings |
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![Nymphes myrmeleonoides [Blue eyes Lacewing]](photos/other-insects/Nymphes-myrmeleonoides_Blue-eyes-lacewing_apm.jpg "Nymphes myrmeleonoides [Blue eyes Lacewing]") |
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Unidentified Green lacewing |
Chrysopidae sp. (family) |
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Antlion lacewing |
Glenoleon sp. (genus) |
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Unidentified mantisfly |
Mantispidae (family) |
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Unidentified Antlion Lacewing |
Myrmeleontidae (family) |
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Blue Eyes Lacewing |
Nymphes myrmeleonoides |
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| Lerps |
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White Lace Lerp |
Cardiaspina albitextura |
![Spondylias pisplicatuloides [Shell lerps]](photos/other-insects/Spondyliaspis-plicatuloides_Shell-lerps_apm.jpg "Spondylias pisplicatuloides [Shell lerps]") |
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Unidentified sugary lerp |
Glycaspis sp. |
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Unidentified psyllid or lerp insect |
Lasiopsylla sp. (genus) |
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Unidentified psyllid or lerp insect |
Psyllidae sp. |
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Shell lerp |
Spondyliaspis plicatuloides |
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Stick Insect, Large Brown Mantis |
Archimantis latistyla |
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Large Brown Mantis |
Archimantis sp. (genus) |
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Green mantis |
Orthodera ministralis |
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Purple-winged mantid |
Tenodera australasiae |
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| Sawflies |
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![Pergagrapta polita [Sawfly]](photos/other-insects/Pergagrapta-polita_Sawfly_apm1.jpg "Pergagrapta polita [Sawfly]") |
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Ironbark Sawfly |
Lophyrotoma analis |
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Cattle Poisoning Sawfly |
Lophyrotoma interrupta |
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A Steel Blue Sawfly or Spitfire |
Perga dorsalis |
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A Steel Blue Sawfly |
Perga sp. (genus) |
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A Sawfly |
Pergagrapta bicolor |
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A Sawfly |
Pergagrapta polita |
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Unidentified Sawfly |
Pergidae sp. (family) |
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A Sawfly |
Pseudoperga lewisii |
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A Sawfly |
Pseudoperga sp. (genus) |
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| Scale insects & mealybugs |
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A gall forming scale |
Apiomorpha sp. |
![Coccidae sp. [unidentified Coccid scale]](photos/other-insects/Coccidae-sp_Unidentified-coccid-scale-insect_apm.jpg "Coccidae sp. [unidentified Coccid scale]") |
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Unidentified coccid scale insect |
Coccidae sp. |
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Wattle Tick Scale |
Cryptes baccatus |
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Gumtree Scale |
Eriococcus coriaceus |
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Acacia mealy bug |
Icerya acaciae |
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Mussel scale |
Lepidosaphes sp. (genus) |
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| Scorpionflies and Hangingflies |
![Chorista australis [Autumn scorpion fly]](photos/other-insects/Chorista-australis_Autumn-scorpion-fly_apm.jpg "Chorista australis [Autumn scorpion fly]") |
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Autumn scorpion fly |
Chorista australis |
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A Hanging fly |
Harpobittacus australis |
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| Termites |
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Snouted termite, Gluegun termite |
Nasutitermes sp. (genus) |
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| True Bugs |
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Unidentified Tip bug |
Amorbus sp. (genus) [4 species] |
![Amorbus sp. [unidentified Tip bug]](photos/other-insects/Amorbus-sp_Tip-bug_apm.jpg "Amorbus sp. [unidentified Tip bug]") |
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Ground shield bug |
Choerocoris paganus |
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Green potato bug |
Cuspicona simplex |
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Brown Shiled bug |
Dictyotus caenosus |
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A Seed bug bug |
Germalus victoriae |
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Orange Assassin bug |
Gminatus australis |
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A Seed bug bug |
Lygaeidae sp. (family) |
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Unidentified Plant bug |
Miridae sp. (family) |
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A Broad-headed bug |
Mutusca brevicornis |
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Green stink bug |
Ocirrhoe unimaculata |
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Spined predatory shield bug |
Oechalia schellenbergii |
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A Stink bug |
Oncocoris sp. (genus) |
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Gum tree shield bug |
Poecilometis strigatus |
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Bee assassin bug |
Pristhesancus plagipennis |
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Acacia-spotting bug |
Rayieria acaciae |
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Braconid-mimic plant bug |
Rayieria basifer |
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Water Strider |
Tenagogerris euphrosyne |
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Gum tree shield bug |
Theseus modestus |
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For more photos of these insects from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow these links to
the Canberra Nature Map:
