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A Robber Fly O Rder GG CW spp. spp. spp. Myrmecia Callipappus Xylocopa aeratus Order: Coleoptera Order: Hemiptera Order: Lepidoptera Order: Hymenoptera Order: Lepidoptera Order: Hymenoptera Where to find: Nesting in dead, Where to find: Walking over the Synemon ignita Where to find: Active by day during Where to find: Bushland, especially Where to find: On the ground, tree Where to find: Visits flowers from late standing banksia trunks and yacca Aenigmatinea glatzella growing tips of native pines in October January. Found near the sedge where banksias grow. trunks and vegetation in bushland. spring to early summer. Often seen flower-spikes in western KI. along the Dudley Peninsula coast. Lepidosperma viscidum which it feeds Appearance: Males have many long, Appearance: Medium to large ants. Metriorrhynchus flying. Appearance: Large, metallic green-blue Appearance: Small moth 5 mm long. on, west of the Dudley Peninsula white threads from abdomen, string- Curved jaws are as long as head. Appearance: Red-brown forewings bee 2 cm long. Dark metallic purple-gold body with a Appearance: Adults look like a dark like antennae and wings. Females have Antennae are bent halfway along. have raised ridges. Triangular-shaped Facts: ‘Buzz-pollinator’ of native yellow-brown head. butterfly with flashes of red when soft, sack-like bodies, no wings, small Facts: Often create mounds covered thorax and head are both black. Large flowers from spring to autumn. Facts: Belongs to a new primitive moth flying. legs and antennae beneath their body. with sticks and rocks. Forage alone. antennae have eight side projections. Regionally endangered on KI and family. First discovered on KI in 2009. Facts: Larvae feed in the base of Facts: Sucks food from plants through Mainly nocturnal. Some are aggressive Facts: Distasteful to predators. Colour extinct on mainland SA. Lepidosperma viscidum clumps. needle-like mouth. Is a bug not a fly. to people, some are timid. mimicked by many other insects. Green carpenterGreen bee moth Fiery sun ants Jumper ants, Bull Bird-of paradise flies Bird-of Enigma moth Lycid beetle Lycid CW RW RSSA spp. Climate watch spp. Polyzosteria family Gastrimargus musicus Order: Orthoptera Order: Odonata Order: Neuroptera Order: Isoptera Order: Hymenoptera Blattodea Order: Amegilla chlorocyanea Where to find: Adults are nocturnal Where to find: Mainly in bushland Where to find: Mound nests in Where to find: Easily disturbed from Where to find: Flying near water or Where to find: Usually seen visiting and often found near lights. under rocks. Sometimes attracted to bushland; either inside or outside the ground in grassy areas in summer. perched on vegetation. blossoms using quick, hovering and Stereum hirsutum light. repairing the nest. Appearance: Large grasshopper with Appearance: A large black and yellow darting flight. Nests in earthen banks. Myrmeleontidae Appearance: Soft-bodied larvae have Widespread. large, sickle-like jaws. Adults similar to Appearance: Wingless. Oval-shaped Nasutitermes & Coptotermes Appearance: Adults have white-brown, big hind legs. Forewings have two insect. Clear wings have complex veins dragonflies but hold their complexly body with obvious black segments with soft bodies and can resemble ants. dark bands. When flying, adults make and are held perpendicular to the body Appearance: Abdomen has a blue- veined wings along their body and a purple-blue tinge. Small head with Wings shed easily. a clicking sound and their yellow hind at rest. Small hair-like antennae. green hair stripe on each segment. have clubbed antennae. long thin antennae. Facts: Key decomposers. Winged adults wings are visible. Facts: Juveniles live in freshwater. Thorax has yellow-brown hair. Facts: Predatory larvae build conical Facts: Mainly active during the day. fly on warm evenings. Form colonies Facts: Eats vegetation and can occur in Pursues live insects, such as mosquitos, Facts: ‘Buzz-pollinator’ of native traps in loose sand. Eats dead organic material. Not a pest. with a queen. very large numbers. for food. flowers and horticultural crops. Yellow-winged locust emerald Tau Ant lions cockroachA wingless diurnal Termites Blue-banded bee Perga dorsalis Ogyris halmaturia spp. (adult) Orthodera ministralis spp. Order: Coleoptera Order: Mecoptera Order: Lepidoptera Order: Diptera Order: Mantodea Order: Hymenoptera Anoplognathus Where to find: Clumps of larvae often Where to find: Visits lights on early Where to find: Adults are often seen Where to find: Often seen or heard Where to find: On vegetation in Where to find: Only in Flinders Chase steel blue sawfly blue steel sawfly seen on eucalypt leaves in warm summer evenings. Fly above mallee flying around or resting on vegetation flying or resting on bare perches bushland and gardens. National Park. Harpobittacus Neoaratus hercules months. Adults encountered less trees on hot days. and flowers in spring. during summer. Appearance: Green, elongate, robust Appearance: Medium-sized butterfly, frequently on leaves and flowers. Appearance: Large scarab beetle Appearance: Look like a large red and Appearance: Very large fly about insect. Thin, string-like antennae as looks dark when flying. Wings shiny, Appearance: Adults are a metallic around 2 cm long. Shiny, tan-yellow, black wasp. Have a long abdomen, two 3 cm long with a long thin abdomen. long as thorax. Holds front legs against deep blue-purple, female has cream (larvae)/ blue-green wasp 2 cm long. Larvae are green-tinged body. Spiny legs end with pairs of large clear wings and obvious Large spiky mouthparts surrounded by the thorax when standing. Juveniles patch on forewings. Underside of dark grubs with light hairs. large hooks. pointed mouthparts. bristles. Large eyes. Legs red and black. look like small adults without wings. wings have brown-grey markings. Facts: Larvae wave and regurgitate Facts: Larvae live underground eating Facts: Predatory insect. The male feeds Facts: Predatory insect. Larvae live in Facts: Ambushes live insects. Attracted Facts: Larvae live in ant nests. defensively. Primitive wasps. plant roots. the female prey during mating. sandy ground. to lights at night. Rediscovered in 2014 after 80 years. 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