Petesteamer

60+ years in all types of bush and near desert: time to share a few sightings. If you find them useful I will be glad. Got no real Idea what most of the insects and plants are: just guessing from google image.

Tisiphone abeona

• 16 Feb 2024Joined
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  All regions 584 Gippsland 219 Wide Bay 73 Hume 70 Far West New South Wales 58 Barwon South West 50 Mackay 38 Albury, Wodonga 20 South West Queensland 17 Central West NSW 16 New England 7 Loddon Mallee 7 Greater Melbourne 4 Riverina Murray 2 South Coast 1 Central Queensland 1 Eyre Peninsula 1

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Insects

• Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
• Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
• Beetles (Coleoptera)
  • Click beetles (Elateridae)
  • Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
  • Carab beetles (Carabidae)
  • Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
  • Lady beetles (Coccinellidae)
  • Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
  • Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
  • Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
  • Stag beetles (Lucanidae)
  • Water beetles (several families)
  • Weevils (Curculionoidea)
  • Other beetles
  • Checkered Beetles (Cleridae)
  • Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)
• Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
  • Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae)
  • Nymphs (Nymphalidae)
  • Skippers (Hesperiidae)
  • Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
  • Whites & Yellows (Pieridae)
• Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
• Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)
• Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
  • Damselflies (Zygoptera)
  • Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
• Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
  • Crickets (Orthoptera, several families)
  • Grasshoppers (several families)
  • Katydids (Tettigoniidae)
• Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
• Moths (Lepidoptera)
  • Anthelid moths (Anthelidae)
  • Case moths (Psychidae)
  • Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)
  • Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
  • Emperor moths (Saturniidae)
  • Geometer moths (Geometridae)
  • Hawk moths (Sphingidae)
  • Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
  • Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)
  • Sun moths (Castniidae)
  • Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)
  • Tiger moths (Arctiinae)
  • Tortricid moths (Tortricidae)
  • Wood moths (Cossidae)
  • Other moths
• Praying mantises (Mantodea)
• Primitive insects
  • Silverfish (Zygentoma)
  • Springtails (Collembola)
  • Other primitive insects
• Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)
• Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
• Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
• Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
• True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
  • Assassin bugs (Reduviidae)
  • Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)
  • Water & Shore Bugs (several families)
  • Other true bugs
• True flies (Diptera)
  • Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
  • Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
  • Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
  • Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
  • Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)
  • Hover flies (Syrphidae)
  • Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
  • March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
  • Mydas flies (Mydidae)
  • Pelecorhynchid flies (Pelecorhynchidae)
  • Robber flies (Asilidae)
  • Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
  • Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
  • Other true flies
• Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
  • Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)
  • Parasitic wasps (numerous families)
  • Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)
  • Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)
  • Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
  • Spider wasps (Pompilidae)
  • Other wasps
  • Velvet Ants (Mutillidae)
• Other insects
  • Plant Lice (Psocodea, Pscoptera, several families)
  • Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
  • Dobsonflies & Alderflies (Megaloptera)
  • Earwigs (Dermaptera)
  • Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
  • Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (Mecoptera)
  • Stoneflies (Plecoptera)
  • Termites (superfamily Termitoidea)
  • Thrips (Thysanoptera)
  • Webspinners (Embioptera)
  • Fleas (Siphonaptera)
  • Lice (Psocodea, Phthiraptera, several families)
• Lacewings (Neuroptera)
  • Antlions (Myrmeleontidae)
  • Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae)
  • Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae)
  • Other Lacewings (several families)
• Unidentified Insect Galls
  • Acacia Galls
  • Eucalyptus Galls
  • Other Plant Galls