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Common Sydney Invertebrate Groups

A brief overview of some of the insect and spider groups one might commonly find in the Sydney area.

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Assassin Bugs ¹
Reduviidae

Green Lacewings ²
Chrysopidae

Shining Leaf Chafers ³
Rutelinae

Earwigs ⁴
Dermaptera

Gall Wasps ⁵
Cynipidae

Cellar Spiders ⁶
Pholcidae

Jumping Spiders ⁷
Salticidae

Leafhoppers and Treehoppers ¹
Membracoidea

Grass Skippers ⁸
Hesperiinae

Stilt-legged Flies ⁹
Micropezidae

Large Crane Flies ¹⁰
Tipulidae

Cycad Weevils ¹¹
Belidae

Crab Spiders ¹²
Thomisidae

Rhinotia ¹³

Net-winged Beetles ¹⁴
Lycidae

Bee Flies ¹⁵
Bombyliidae

Pentatomomorpha ¹⁶

Bull Ants ¹⁷
Myrmecia

Broad-nosed Weevils ¹⁸
Entiminae

Longhorn Beetles ¹⁹
Cerambycidae

Click Beetles ²⁰
Elateridae

Coneheads and Meadow Katydids ²¹
Conocephalinae

Gumleaf Grasshoppers ²²
Goniaea

Leaf-footed Bugs ²³
Coreidae

Robber Flies ²⁴
Asilidae

Froghoppers ²⁵
Cercopidae

Snout and Bark Beetles ²⁶
Curculionoidea

Christmas Beetles ²⁷
Anoplognathus

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