Insects and Spiders of Panboola
This is a guide to insects and spiders of Panboola based on records from the Atlas of Living Australia ...more ↓
Greater Wax Moth
The greater wax moth or honeycomb moth (Galleria mellonella) is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is the only member of the genus Galleria. It is found in most of the world, including Europe and adjacent Eurasia, its presumed native range, and as an introduced species on other continents, including North America and Australia.
China-mark Moths
Acentropinae is a fairly small subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. Species of this subfamily are exclusively found in wetlands and aquatic habitats.
Pyraustinae
Pyraustinae is a large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. It currently includes over 1,400 species, the majority of them tropical but some found in temperate regions including both North America and Europe.
Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis
The Lesser Rice-Leafroller (Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis) is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. They can be found from Africa to the Pacific region, including Australia, La Réunion, India, Fidji, Hong Kong and French Polynesia. Their wingspan is approx. 20mm.
Culladia cuneiferellus
Culladia cuneiferellus is a species of the Crambidae family in the genus Culladia. It was described by Walker in 1863. It is found in Australia (Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania), New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, the New Hebrides, the Loyalty Islands.
Tipanaea patulella
Tipanaea patulella is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from Australia, where it is found from Queensland to Tasmania.
fairy moths
Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera. There are twelve genera recognised (Davis, 1999). Many species are leaf miners and much is known of their hostplants, excluding Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch). The most familiar species in Europe are perhaps Incurvaria masculella and Phylloporia bistrigella. The narrow wings are ...more ↓
Abantiades hyalinatus
Abantiades hyalinatus is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in Australia, from southern Queensland to Tasmania.
Oxycanus dirempta
Oxycanus dirempta is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in New South Wales and Victoria.
Leaf Blotch Miner Moths
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Bagworm Moths
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally, with some, such as the Snailcase Bagworm (Apterona helicoidella), settling continents where they are not native in modern ...more ↓
Opogona stereodyta
Opogona stereodyta is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in southern Australia.
Honey Bee
The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The genus Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera comes from Latin melli- "honey" and ferre "to bear"—hence the scientific name means "honey-bearing bee". The name was coined in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus who, upon realizing the bees do not bear honey, but ...more ↓
Hopper Ant
The jack jumper ant, hopper ant, jumper ant or jumping jack, Myrmecia pilosula, is a species of bull ant that is native to Australia. The ants are recorded throughout the country, but are most often found in Tasmania, rural Victoria, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and the Adelaide Hills of South Australia.
Scarab beetles
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year. Its constituent families are also undergoing revision presently, and the family list below is only preliminary.
Fiddler Beetle
Eupoecila australasiae, commonly known as the fiddler beetle or rose chafer, is a colourful green- or yellow-and-black member of the scarab beetle family from eastern Australia.
Plague Soldier Beetle
Chauliognathus lugubris, commonly known as the plague soldier beetle or green soldier beetle, is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae) native to Australia. It has a flattened body to 15 mm long with a prominent yellow-orange stripe behind the black pronotum. The abdomen is yellow-orange but is mostly obscured by the metallic olive green elytra. The beetles ...more ↓
Striped Ladybird
Micraspis frenata, common name Striped Ladybird, is a ladybird species endemic to Tasmania and the mainland eastern states of Australia.
Spotted Amber Ladybird
Hippodamia variegata is a species of black-spotted lady beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae, subfamily Coccinellinae.
Diamond Weevil
Chrysolopus spectabilis (Common names include Botany Bay diamond weevil, Botany Bay diamond beetle and sapphire weevil) is a species of weevil found in south-eastern Australia. It is up to 25 mm (1.0 in) long, with metallic green patterns on a black background. It is a specialist, only known from 28 species of Acacia. It was discovered during James ...more ↓
Blue Moon
Cyclochila australasiae, commonly known as the green grocer, is a species of cicada and one of Australia's most familiar insects. It is distributed through coastal regions of southeastern Australia. It is one of the loudest insects in the world.
Green Vegetable Bug
Nezara viridula, commonly known as the southern green stink bug (USA) or green vegetable bug (Australia and New Zealand), is a plant-feeding stink bug. Although believed to have originated in Ethiopia, it can now be found around the world. Because of its preference for certain species of legumes, such as beans and soybeans, it is an economically important pest on ...more ↓
Fiery Skimmer
Orthetrum villosovittatum is a species of dragonfly that ranges from Victoria through eastern New South Wales and Queensland, north inland Queensland, the Cape York Peninsula and north Northern Territory in Australia and overseas as far as the Moluccas, New Guinea and neighbouring islands. It is a common species through most of its range.
Wandering Percher
Diplacodes bipunctata, the Wandering Percher, is a species of dragonfly in the Libellulidae family. It is found in Australia and the South West Pacific. The male is bright red and the female is yellowish.
Gall Gnats
Cecidomyiidae (sometimes spelled Cecidomyidae) is a family of flies (order Diptera) known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls.
Robber Flies
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and as a rule they wait in ambush and catch their prey in ...more ↓
