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Common Sydney Invertebrates

A short list of some of the more common invertebrates that might be found in the Sydney area.

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Australian Green Mantis ¹
Orthodera ministralis

Armadillidium ²

Western Honey Bee ³
Apis mellifera

Tortoise-shelled Ladybird ⁴
Harmonia testudinaria

Common Brown Ringlet ⁵
Hypocysta metirius

Ceroplastes ⁶

Wandering Ringtail ⁷
Austrolestes leda

Zonopetala clerota ¹

Common Flatwing ⁸
Austroargiolestes icteromelas

Arkys curtulus ⁹

Rhinotia ¹⁰

Diphucephala ⁷

Uroplata girardi ¹¹

Australian Painted Lady ¹²
Vanessa kershawi

Red Jewel Bug ¹³
Choerocoris paganus

Swordgrass Brown ¹⁰
Tisiphone abeona

Covered-cell Mud Dauber Wasp ¹⁴
Sceliphron laetum

Silverfish ¹⁵
Zygentoma

Australasian Common Garden Katydid ¹⁶
Caedicia simplex

Eurhynchus ¹⁷

Polyzosteria ¹⁸

Exoneura ⁸

Lamprima ¹⁹

Four-spotted Cup Moth ¹
Doratifera quadriguttata

Passionvine hopper ²⁰
Scolypopa australis

Figleaf Beetle ¹⁴
Poneridia semipullata

Apricia jovialis ²¹

Ropalidia ²²

Polistes ²³

Lamprolina ²⁴

Common Brown ¹
Heteronympha merope

Ariamnes colubrinus ⁸

Botany Bay Diamond Weevil ²⁵
Chrysolopus spectabilis

Double Drummer ²⁶
Thopha saccata

Leptopius ²⁷

Orthorhinus ¹

Ommatius ²⁸

Hadda Beetle ⁸
Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata

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