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

Green Scarab Beetle

Diphucephala colaspidoides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Shield Bug

Cuspicona privata

A green and bronze coloured fly feeding on nector on a flowering shrub

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Soldier Fly

Odontomyia decipiens

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Green Stink Bug

Ocirrhoe unimaculata

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Green Vegetable Bug

Nezara viridula

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Grey Planthopper

Anzora unicolor

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Gumleaf Grasshopper

Goniaea australasiae

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Dindymus versicolor

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Heliotrope Moth

Utetheisa pulchelloides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Hercules Robberfly

Neoaratus hercules

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Honey Brown Beetle

Ecnolagria rufescens

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Orthoprosopa grisea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Theronia maculosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Myrmecia forficata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Jack Jumper Ant

Myrmecia pilosula

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Geitoneura klugii

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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

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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach