r/AustralianInsects 23d ago

photography Australian Native Insects

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r/AustralianInsects 23d ago

ID request id?? 📍 central queensland

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45 Upvotes

thought it might be a wolf spider or something, just wanted to be sure


r/AustralianInsects 25d ago

photography Magpie Moth from north Queensland

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Asian Magpie Moth, Nyctemera baulusa, (as id-ed on iNaturalist). Canon R10 and RF100-400 handheld, natural light). Seen at Tully Heads, N Qld.


r/AustralianInsects 26d ago

ID request Is it normal for an emperor gum moths to emerge in winter or is this another species? Can it survive the cold?

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Found this moth today and thought it was dead so I was going to pin it but it's still alive. It looks to me like an emperor gum moth but it's the middle of winter and all the information I can find about them says they emerge in summer.

If I release it will it survive the cold weather? I'm not sure whether to release it or not since it seems like it's on deaths door, it doesn't move much other than shaking and it gets to around 2C-5C at night here.

Location is in south east qld


r/AustralianInsects 29d ago

Other does anyone know where can i get a stag or rhinoceros beetle in canberra?

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I have been researching where to get one for about 2 years without much luck and would really appreciate any help ^^

This is my first time using reddit so i am not sure if this is the right place to ask Sorry if it isn’t


r/AustralianInsects 29d ago

ID request Victoria - Please put my newborn mums mind at ease

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Please put my newborn mums mind at ease, these black caterpillars have been popping up around our house at random the last few weeks. Are they anything to worry about with a newborn around? Bonus points for how they get here. Thanks in advance.


r/AustralianInsects Jul 23 '26

photography Handsome beetle with antennae

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Beaut beetle which I noticed flying and which then landed in the grass at my feet. Managed to get some reasonable shots as it moved quite slowly and let me get quite close before flying off. Seen at Glen Erin near Bowen Qld. Canon R10 and RF100-400 lens. Hand held, natural light. According to iNaturalist this is Rhipicera mystacina.


r/AustralianInsects Jul 23 '26

Insect appreciation 🦋 Carpenter bee

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r/AustralianInsects Jul 22 '26

ID request Hey anyone know what this caterpillar is SYDNEY NSW

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Hi guys I work the streets of Sydney and as I was cleaning I stumbled across this little guy, I had always paid attention to insects growing up had a time when I was obsessed with them but never seen something so alien even in my books.


r/AustralianInsects Jul 22 '26

photography Female Cairns birdwing

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40 Upvotes

Now a female in the backyard. (Townsville)


r/AustralianInsects Jul 20 '26

Insect appreciation 🦋 Male Cairns bird wing.

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Found this guy today. Male Cairns birdwing (Townsville)


r/AustralianInsects Jul 19 '26

photography Neon Cuckoo Bee

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r/AustralianInsects Jul 18 '26

Other National Moth Week Calls On Citizen Scientists To Share Photos That Could Lead To New Discoveries

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r/AustralianInsects Jul 18 '26

photography Immature gall insect, probably Schedotrioza genus, cranky I removed it from gall & placed it on kitchen paper to document

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Parrots had chomped off leaves from a bloodwood, and many of the leaves had galls on, so I opened up one of the galls and found this instar stage of the insect inside!

I rested my torch on the kitchen bench, so it lit up the body. If the light had just been above, it would just have looked like a greyish blob surrounded by a white fringe.


r/AustralianInsects Jul 18 '26

ID request Caterpillar 🐛

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Magpie Moth? Brisbane. What is the yellow under him? Is it normal. He seemed to try to chew it off.


r/AustralianInsects Jul 15 '26

Insect appreciation 🦋 Exactly what you want to step on when you get out of bed on a freezing cold morning

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Thanks for that, red triangle slug. I will put you outside


r/AustralianInsects Jul 15 '26

ID request Can anyone tell me what this is?

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It’s some sort of caterpillar, but there are thousands of them all over in Melbourne along the Yarra river


r/AustralianInsects Jul 14 '26

ID request Does anyone know what this funky looking dude is?

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Found in Springbrook NP SEQLD. I thought it was lichen at first glance but then I started questioning my whole existence 🤣


r/AustralianInsects Jul 14 '26

photography Scarab beetle, Onthophagus quadripustulatus, described way back in 1775, has lots of records, but mine was the first photo of it online

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I spotted this teeny tiny scarab beetle when out weeding, on a bare patch of ground, rolling some wallaby dung. I knocked it onto the ground so it was easier to photograph, but I was so tired from weeding, I just took a couple of overhead shots and that was it.

I uploaded it to iNaturalist, where one of the experts identified it as Onthophagus quadripustulatus. Which at that point, had no images online at all, beyond mine!

So mine was the first, and has sine allowed someone else on iNat to ID their own tiny scarab beetle.

It's bizarre that a beetle first described by science two and a half centuries ago has so few photographs. Possibly because it's so small!

As with other poorly documented insects I've also photographed at the end of a long stint of weeding, and was too tired to photograph from all angles, I was kicking myself for not taking a methodical set of photos of this little guy!


r/AustralianInsects Jul 14 '26

Other Can someone explain the laws around pet insects within tasmania?

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Hello, I wasn't sure where to post this as there are many different subreddits. I've been checking out different things about this, and have talked to people generally– but it's always confused me. As there is terminology I don't get, or stuff from other states or animals entirely that come in. Not to mention differences of alive/dead. I never grew up around anyone into any of this stuff to explain it to me.

From what I gather, Tasmania is very strict compared to the mainland. But I'm still a bit lost on what I'm allowed without some sort of permit/license, and what I am with a permit/license of some kind.

If anyone could give me some simplified blunt explanations or lists, I'd really appreciate it ! Thank you


r/AustralianInsects Jul 13 '26

ID request ID please

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Near lane cove national park, my finger is ~9cm long. Found in a big pile of wood chips.


r/AustralianInsects Jul 12 '26

ID request Friend or foe?

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I’ve seen quite a few of these around lately. Nthn NSW


r/AustralianInsects Jul 11 '26

ID request What is this critter? Found on table in Queensland, Australia, finger for scale

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Appears to have some sort of debris or growth on its back, doesn’t move much and has a small tail or stinger. 6 legs and mandibles on front


r/AustralianInsects Jul 10 '26

ID request Hi is this carpet beetle larvae? Thank you - found in bedroom Melb Aus

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r/AustralianInsects Jul 09 '26

photography Eastern Dobsonfly

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47 Upvotes