Species Guide — Bug Life — Butterflies & Moths

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Subcategory: Butterflies & Moths

Butterflies & Moths

27 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Australian Bag Moth

Cebysa leucotelus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Australian Magpie Moth

Nyctemera amicus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Banded Leafroller Moth

Subfurcatana subfurcatana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Black Spot Moth

Epicoma melanospila

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Blood-spotted Noctuid

Proteuxoa sanguinipuncta

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Candalides acasta

A blackish butterfly with bright orange patches on the wings sitting on grass

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Paralucia aurifer

A small brown moth on a seed head

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Cabbage Centre Grub

Hellula hydralis

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Cabbage White Butterfly

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Heteronympha merope

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Grass-blue

Zizina otis labradus

A brightly coloured month on a leaf

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Concealer Moth Sp.

Wingia hesperidella

A fawn coloured moth upside down on a grass seed

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Couchgrass Webworm

Faveria tritalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Neolucia agricola

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Heliothela ophideresana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Heliotrope Moth

Utetheisa pulchelloides

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A marine flatworm on a rock underwater

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii)

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii) <br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/thysanozoon-brocchii

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size

A sea-slug on a rock underwater

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)<br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/baeolidia-macleayi