Common Insects and Arachnids in an Australian Backyard

Insects

• Ants: 1,500+ species (Black House, Sugar, Meat, Green-head, Bull, Weaver).
• Bees: 2,000+ native species (European Honeybee, Blue-banded, Teddy Bear, Leafcutter).
• Wasps: ~1,200 species (Paper, Mud Dauber, Social, Cuckoo).
• Flies: 15,000+ species (Housefly, Blowflies, March, Bush, Fruit flies).
• Beetles: 30,000+ species (Scarab, Ground, Dung, Jewel, Longhorn, Ladybugs, Carpet).
• Cockroaches: 450+ species (German, Australian, American, Brown, Oriental).
• Moths: 25,000+ species (Bogong, Clothes, Webbing, Case, Atlas, Emperor Gum, Ghost).
• Butterflies: 400+ species (Common Blue, Caper White, Wanderer, Ulysses).
• Grasshoppers/Crickets: 500+ species (Eastern Grey, Plague, Field Cricket).

Arachnids & Other

• Spiders: 9,000+ species (Funnel-web, Redback, White-tailed, Huntsman, Orb-weaver, St Andrew's Cross, Daddy-longlegs).
• Ticks: 70+ species (Paralysis, Bush, Cattle, Brown Dog).
• Fleas: 100+ species (Cat, Dog, Human, Oriental Rat).

Australia's biodiversity means backyards teem with unique invertebrates.