Image Gallery: Australian insects

There is a huge and varied range of insects found in Australia. View some of the more colourful or unusual ones here.

Leafcutter Bee Megachile sp Leafcutter Bee Megachile sp
Leafcutter bee, covered in pollen Leafcutter bee, covered in pollen
Leafcutter Bee, cutting a leaf Leafcutter Bee, cutting a leaf
Meadow Argus Butterfly Meadow Argus Butterfly
Mirid on sundew Mirid on sundew
Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus
Mud dauber wasp stinging and paralysing spider Mud dauber wasp stinging and paralysing spider
Mud-dauber wasp, Sceliphron sp. Mud-dauber wasp, Sceliphron sp.
Paropsine Beetle on leaf Paropsine Beetle on leaf
Privet Hawk Moth caterpillar Privet Hawk Moth caterpillar
Punctate Flower Chafer Beetle Punctate Flower Chafer Beetle
Robber fly with captured bee Robber fly with captured bee
Sand Wasp, genus Bembix Sand Wasp, genus Bembix
Sawfly on leaf Sawfly on leaf
Wasp larva eating spider from the outside in Wasp larva eating spider from the outside in
Yellow Monday Cicada Yellow Monday Cicada