Get to know Insects and Arachnids

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Ants

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Get to know the Argentine Ant
Linepithema humile

Argentine Ant
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Get to know the Bull Ant
Myrmecia sp.

Bull Ant
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Get to know the Fire Ant
Solenopsis invicta

Fire Ant
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Get to know the Meat Ant
Iridomyrmex sp.
Image by Steve Shattuck/CSIRO Australia

Meat Ant
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Get to know the Banded Sugar Ant
Camponotus consobrinus
Image by Queensland Government

Banded Sugar Ant
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Arachnids

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Get to know the Redback Spider
Latrodectus hasselti

Redback Spider
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Get to know the Daddy-long-legs Spider
Pholcus phalangioides

Daddy-long-legs Spider
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Get to know the Wolf Spider
Lycosa sp.

Wolf Spider
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Get to know the White-tailed Spider
Lampona cylindrata

White-tailed Spider
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Get to know the Huntsman Spider
Heteropoda sp.

Huntsman Spider
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Get to know the Sydney Funnel-web Spider
Atrax robustus

Sydney Funnel-web Spider
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Get to know the Black House Spider
Badumna insignis

Black House Spider
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Get to know the Woodlouse Spider
Dysdera crocata

Woodlouse Spider
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Bees

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Get to know the European Honey Bee
Apis mellifera

European Honey Bee
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Get to know the Blue-banded Bee
Amegilla cingulate

European Honey Bee
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Beetles

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Get to know the Elm Leaf Beetle
Xanthogaleruca luteola

Elm Leaf Beetle
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Get to know the Black Carpet Beetle
Attagenus unicolor

Black Carpet Beetle
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Get to know the Variegated Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci

Variegated Carpet Beetle
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Cockroaches

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Get to know the German Cockroach
Blatella germanica

German Cockroach
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Get to know the Oriental Cockroach
Blatta orientalis

Oriental Cockroach
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Get to know the American Cockroach
Periplaneta americana

American Cockroach
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Get to know the Australian Cockroach
Periplaneta australasiae

Australian Cockroach
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Get to know the Brown Banded Cockroach
Supella longipalpa

Brown Banded Cockroach
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Hover Fly

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Get to know the Hover Fly
Melangyna sp.

Hover Fly
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Millipedes

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Get to know the Black Portuguese Millipede
Ommatoiulus moreletii

Black Portuguese Millipede
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Silverfish

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Get to know the Silverfish
Lepismatidae

Silverfish
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Wasps

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Get to know the European Wasp
Vespula germanica

European Wasp
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Get to know the European Paper Wasp
Polistes dominula

European Wasp
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Get to know the Asian Paper Wasp
Polistes chinensis

Asian Paper Wasp
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Get to know the Native Paper Wasp
Polistes humilis

Native Paper Wasp
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Get to know the Sand Wasp
Bembix sp.

Sand Wasp
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Get to know Mud Nesting Wasps
Various sp.

Spider Wasp (Mud-dauber Sp.)
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Get to know the White-faced Brown Paper Wasp
Ropalidia plebeiana

White-faced Brown Paper Wasp (Ropalidia plebeiana)
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Get to know the Tree Brown Paper Wasp
Ropalidia socialistica 

Yellow Brown Paper Wasp (Ropalidia romandi)
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Get to know the Common Wasp
Vespula vulgaris

Common Wasp
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