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NSW Government Priority Species species

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Insects

Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)
Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
Moths (Lepidoptera)
Praying mantises (Mantodea)
Primitive insects
Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)
Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
True flies (Diptera)
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Other insects
Lacewings (Neuroptera)
Unidentified Insect Galls
Unidentified Insect Leaf Miners

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Argynnis hyperbius (Australian Fritillary)

Photo from ALA by Sahangee | questagame.com

Photo from ALA by Sahangee | questagame.com

Photo from ALA by DhanushkaSupun | questagame.com

Photo from ALA by DhanushkaSupun | questagame.com
Photo from ALA by Sahangee | questagame.com
Photo from ALA by DhanushkaSupun | questagame.com

Cormodes darwini (A Clerid beetle)

Cormodes darwini

Dryococelus australis (Lord Howe Island Phasmid or Stick-insect)

Photo by D.R. Britton ALA/Australian Museum

Photo by D.R. Britton ALA/Australian Museum

Photo by Rohan Cleave (DCCEEW)

Photo by Rohan Cleave (DCCEEW)
Photo by D.R. Britton ALA/Australian Museum
Photo by Rohan Cleave (DCCEEW)

Jalmenus eubulus (Pale Imperial Hairstreak)

Photo by Bruce Thomson (ALA species page)

Photo by Bruce Thomson (ALA species page)

Photo by Bruce Thomson (ALA species page)

Keyacris scurra (Key's Matchstick Grasshopper)

Keyacris scurra
Keyacris scurra
Keyacris scurra
Keyacris scurra

Nurus atlas (Atlas Rainforest Ground-beetle)

Image from NSW Office of Environment & Heritage webpage

Image from NSW Office of Environment & Heritage webpage

Image from NSW Office of Environment & Heritage webpage

Nurus brevis (Shorter Rainforest Ground-beetle)

Ocybadistes knightorum (Black Grass-dart Butterfly)

Ocybadistes knightorum
Ocybadistes knightorum
Ocybadistes knightorum
Ocybadistes knightorum

Panesthia lata (Lord Howe Island wood-feeding cockroach)

Panesthia lata
Panesthia lata

Paralucia crosbyi (Violet Copper Butterfly)

Paralucia crosbyi
Paralucia crosbyi
Paralucia crosbyi
Paralucia crosbyi

Petalura gigantea (Giant Dragonfly, South-Eastern Petaltail)

Petalura gigantea
Petalura gigantea
Petalura gigantea
Petalura gigantea

Petalura litorea (Coastal Petaltail)

Petalura litorea
Petalura litorea
Petalura litorea

Phyllodes imperialis smithersi (Pink Underwing Moth (southern))

Phyllodes imperialis smithersi
Phyllodes imperialis smithersi
Phyllodes imperialis smithersi

Promethis sterrha (A darkling beetle)

Photo from ALA webpage for this species

Photo from ALA webpage for this species

Photo by I Hutton, from NSW Dept of Environment & Heritage

Photo by I Hutton, from NSW Dept of Environment & Heritage
Photo from ALA webpage for this species
Photo by I Hutton, from NSW Dept of Environment & Heritage

Synemon plana (Golden Sun Moth)

Female

Female

Male

Male
Synemon plana
Synemon plana
Female
Male
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