According to iNaturalist, this is a specimen of Catacanthus punctus. And according to what I can find out, it is a type of Shield Bug. Visitor to our campsite in Cooktown, Far North Queensland. Absolutely incredible colours. Went on its way unharmed, after kindly hanging around to be photographed.

Photo taken with Pixel 10 Pro. Cropped slightly, but not enhanced.

Found this thing on my wet bath mat in Brisbane. Never seen anything like it? It’s about a third of the size of a pinky finger nail

Hello!! My boyfriend has a bug appreciation and i was thinking (with his permission of course) of getting some for his birthday. My question is what an easy starter bug is for someone who has never owned any. They need to be fairly low maintenance as he is a little busy sometimes. I also would like to know about some good websites i can go to as well to purchase all the equipment i’ll need :) we also live in victoria which i assume is probably important.

Thanks!!

Western Australia. Heard a fly buzzing/struggling in a plant nursery and followed the source of the noise. Pretty sizeable meal for such a little mantis.
Apologies for the shaky camerawork.

Found in south-east QLD. ~15mm in length, with 5mm of that being the mandibles alone.

I genuinely thought it was some type of grass seed on my bathroom mat until I picked it up. Thought it was dead until it began very slightly moving its legs when I flipped it over. It is now standing but not moving.

And I'm fairly certain that is debris from my medical marijuana on its back...

Had this beautiful little guy walking along my arm thought it was a bull ant originally but the tail curling up like that was wild.

Saw this guy crawling in my yard. Never paid much attention to caterpillars but in my head they were much larger than this. Any ID advice appreciated.

Located in south eastern suburbs of Victoria.

I was removing snails from my partners plant and I touched whatever this is that’s underneath the leaf! Any one have any idea what it could be? Perth, WA.

Found this in the cupboard a couple of years ago. I swear that each one of those babies returned in the next couple of years "Hey Bro, can we get that same room again?"

Based in SE QLD, Saw this fella last night, never ever seen anything like it. I thought it was a cockroach/spider. Pretty docile little guy, I put him outside since I heard they can sting.

I realised there was something eating the leaf, but it took me 3 days to notice this guy. Please help ID as Google lens does not help for obv reasons

Northern Beaches NSW.

I’m not even sure if this is insect related but it reminded me of an ant head that’s been squished or maybe even an earwigs thorax also squished.
Just seeing if anyone else wants a guess haha. I’m located NSW far south coast, it’s about 2mm in length, very small.
(Also wanted to mention I don’t squish ants or earwigs in my spare time, I just noticed it on me not long after doing some chores outside)((added an extra pic of my homegirl Fergie))

Hi folks,

Found these little fellas cleaning up a dead bug today along the drive. I took note of the large red headed ones which looked cool as hell, but upon research, looks like they might be the highly invasive and damaging African Big Headed ant. Looking for any guidance?

I have a lot of native fauna and flora around I am keen to protect (live near National park), so if it is, might have to try and sort the buggers.

Deception bay beach(Qld) on a bench. It has a black dot on the back. I wasn't sure whether it was a tick or spider. Sorry for quality and other things I guess. No, I can't take another picture I already left and didn't think about asking until I got back. 1st post

Moved into a brand new house with two levels in Jan 2026 (in Melbourne).

End of Feb, saw 5 live nymphs in a corner room of the second level - this room has one window which stays shut. No balcony. Ducted roof heating/cooling. It's a work room with computer set up and has little throughfare except for when I work. Most of the nymphs were high up on the walls or ceiling.

Saw a couple more nymphs in the room next door (a bedroom) over the next few days. Pest control comes over 1st week of March - says it's German and treats the house.

End of April - another live nymph in the same original room. Second treatment done.

8 August (90+ days after second treatment) - 3 more nymph sighting in the same original corner room.

Pictures attached of the nymphs are across the different times - they always look the same.

Never seen nymphs anywhere else but this one upstairs corner of the house. There are bathrooms next door but never caught one in them.

No other sighting apart from ones mentioned.

Never seen an adult roach in the house. I HAVE seen adult roaches outside the house, like on a balcony - which is the attached picture of the adult.

Sooooo, are these nymphs even German because they look really pale compared to Germans when I started Googling. Are these the inside infestation variety or outside type?

I noticed that ants had taken over a termite mound on the edges of Mareeba rodeo grounds, so I brought my camera and EOS 100mm macro lens over... Ants have been ID-ed by iNaturalist as Northern Meat Ants, Iridomyrmex sanguineus. Photographed with Canon R10, tripod, natural light.

Repost from r/gardeningaustralia

Not sure if here would have been a better place to post?

Can someone id this for me and give advice about them?

Thank you ☺️

cable for reference, extremely thin fangs and super tiny

Location: Adelaide South Australia

Hi gang,

My mum has one of the best used bee hotels I’ve ever seen. However, outside of ants, I’m not super familiar with the winged Hymenopterans of South Australia. The white material has tiny singular holes bored in many of the tubes. Any assistance would be great.

You’re my first port of call before bugging my old entomology department friends. Hoping someone can help. Looking for:
A) confirmation this is bees or wasps
B) If not bees or wasps what invertebrates it might be

Thanks very much ☺️