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

Scopula rubraria

A small snail shell amongst seaweed

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Glyptophysa novaehollandica

A green and red coloured plant bug on the end of a stick

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Red and Green Mirid Bug

Pseudopantilius australis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Red-legged Urnisa

Urnisa rugosa

A greenbodied and legged spider on a plant stem with a black background

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Rosy Flower Spider

Australomisidia rosea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

Argiope keyserlingi

A black bug amongst green leaves

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Schellenberg's Soldier Bug

Oechalia schellenbergii

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Shouldered Brown

Heteronympha penelope

A greyish brown moth with dark lines and markings on a small shrub

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Signed Heath Moth

Dichromodes consignata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Slender ringtail

Austrolestes analis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Slenderlined Longicorn

Syllitus grammicus

Red Australian Map shape with the word introduced over it

Small Pointed Snail

Cochlicella barbara

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Social Huntsman Spider

Delena cancerides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sooty Orbweaver

Cyclosa fuliginata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southeastern Austroicetes

Austroicetes vulgaris

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Spotted Cicada

Gelidea torrida

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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 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

Hermit crab in a shell underwater

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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach