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

Polyrhachis femorata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Spotted Ground Swift Spider

Nyssus coloripes

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Spotted Lichen Moth

Asura cervicalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Anabarhynchus maritimus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Stinking Longhorn

Stenoderus suturalis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Striped Ladybird

Micraspis frenata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Camponotus hartogi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Beach Wolf Spider

Tetralycosa oraria

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Gelonus Bug

Gelonus tasmanicus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tasmanian Ladybird

Cleobora mellyi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Hemicordulia tau

A small reddish brown grasshopper grasping onto a shrub stem

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tiny Grasshopper

Minyacris nana

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tricolor Soldier Beetle

Chauliognathus tricolor

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Two-Spotted Weevil

Rhinotia bidentata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Two-tone Nectar beetle

Phyllotocus macleayi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Tyde's Sand Wasp

Podalonia tydei suspiciosa

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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

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

This one is about 8mm in size <br><br> #tasmania #tasmaniaparks #marinebiology #discovertasmania #visitnorthtas #instatasmania #seetasmania #tomahawk #lutruwita #dorsettasmania #northeasttasmania #visitnortheasttasmania

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

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach