Bring us your Factsheet: BUGS! Adelaide bug list

This factsheet provides a list of common invertebrates that can be seen around Adelaide. It is organised by seasons because di erent invertebrate species are abundant at di erent times of the year. SUMMER WINTER • Giant Grey Wood Moth (Endoxyla a nis) • Gum Snout-nosed Moth Caterpillar (Entometa fervens) (previously known as Xyleutes lituratus) • Cottony Cushion Scale (Icerya purchase) • Bristle Flies (Rutilia spp.) • Saw Wasp Caterpillars (Perga spp.) • Red-eyed Cicada (Psaltoda moerens) • Green Lacewings (Chrysopa spp.) • Blue Ant (Diamma bicolor) • Red-shouldered Phasmid (Tropidoderus childreni) • Banded Bee (Amegilla sp.) • Woolly Bear Caterpillar (Spilosoma glatignyi) • Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus spp.) • Leaf-eating Beetle (Paropsis spp.) • Crusader Bug (Mictis profana) • Granny Moth Caterpillar (Dasypodia selenophora) • Tailed Emperor Butterfly (Polyura pyrrhus sempronius) • Looper Caterpillars (various species) • Robber-fly (various species) • Praying Mantids (various species) • Mud Wasp (Sceliphron laetum)

AUTUMN SPRING • Case-making Caterpillar (Clania ignobilis) • Green Carab Beetle (Calosoma schayeri) • Vine Hawk Moth Caterpillar (Hippotion celerio) • Cup Moth Caterpillar (Doratifera spp.) • Inch Ant (Myrmecia gulosa) • Gum-leaf Skeletoniser (Uraba lugens) • Tree Cricket (Gryllacrididae spp.) • Gum Moth Caterpillar (Antheraea helena) • Mole Cricket (Gryllotalpa sp.) • Thrips (Thripidae spp.) • Processionary Caterpillars (various species) • Rat-tailed Maggot (Eristalis tenax) • Giant Swift Moth (Trictena argentata) • Honeybee Swarms (Apis mellifera) • Dingy Swallowtail (Papilio anactus) • Tussock Moth Caterpillar (Teia anartoides) • Wanderer Butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) • Pittosporum Bug (Pseudapines geminata) Information for this factsheet was provided by the South Australian Museum from their publica- tion: Morris, B. & Valero, J.M. (1993) When to see common Adelaide insects. nd out more at: www.unisa.edu.au/barbarahardy