by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
True Bugs (Order: Hemiptera) Very large order with 119 families, containing over 6,000 species found in Australia. Split into four suborders, largest being Heteroptera with 67 families in Australia, followed by Sternorrhyncha with 29 families, then Auchenorrhyncha...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Twisted Wings and Stylops (Order: Strepsiptera) Largely undescribed order, with six families containing 42 species described, and over 150 species presumed to occur in Australia. Males possess enlarged, membranous hindwings, with little to no visible venation, and...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Whites, Yellows and Pierids (Family: Pieridae) Forty species contained within nine genera have been recorded in Australia. Butterflies are small to medium in size and usually yellow, white or grey in colour. Insects Home Nature Facts...
