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 dierent invertebrate species are abundant at dierent times of the year. SUMMER WINTER • Giant Grey Wood Moth (Endoxyla anis) • 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.