Species Guide — Bug Life

Bug
Life

The bugs and insects that can be found around Tasmania

Bug Life

126 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Austrolestes annulosus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Bembix furcata

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

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Broad-Back Weevil

Leptopius duponti

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus terrestris

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

Ptomaphila lacrymosa

A larger long legged spider on a green and yellow blade like leaf

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Clever Fishing Spider

Dolomedes facetus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Heteronympha merope

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Garden Katydid

Caedicia simplex

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Grass-blue

Zizina otis labradus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Hover Fly

Melangyna viridiceps

Grey Australian Map shape with the word unknown over it

Common Lagoon Fly

Eristalinus aeneus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Common Macrotona

Macrotona australis

A mottled brownish caddisfly on the tip of a green leaf

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Marine Caddisfly

Philanisus plebeius

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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

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

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