r/AustralianInsects

Found in south-east QLD. ~15mm in length, with 5mm of that being the mandibles alone.

I genuinely thought it was some type of grass seed on my bathroom mat until I picked it up. Thought it was dead until it began very slightly moving its legs when I flipped it over. It is now standing but not moving.

And I'm fairly certain that is debris from my medical marijuana on its back...

Western Australia. Heard a fly buzzing/struggling in a plant nursery and followed the source of the noise. Pretty sizeable meal for such a little mantis.
Apologies for the shaky camerawork.

Had this beautiful little guy walking along my arm thought it was a bull ant originally but the tail curling up like that was wild.

Found this in the cupboard a couple of years ago. I swear that each one of those babies returned in the next couple of years "Hey Bro, can we get that same room again?"

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an insect like this before. Is it a type of centipede? I’m in Melbourne, btw.

Saw this guy crawling in my yard. Never paid much attention to caterpillars but in my head they were much larger than this. Any ID advice appreciated.

Located in south eastern suburbs of Victoria.

I was removing snails from my partners plant and I touched whatever this is that’s underneath the leaf! Any one have any idea what it could be? Perth, WA.

I’m not even sure if this is insect related but it reminded me of an ant head that’s been squished or maybe even an earwigs thorax also squished.
Just seeing if anyone else wants a guess haha. I’m located NSW far south coast, it’s about 2mm in length, very small.
(Also wanted to mention I don’t squish ants or earwigs in my spare time, I just noticed it on me not long after doing some chores outside)((added an extra pic of my homegirl Fergie))

Based in SE QLD, Saw this fella last night, never ever seen anything like it. I thought it was a cockroach/spider. Pretty docile little guy, I put him outside since I heard they can sting.

Deception bay beach(Qld) on a bench. It has a black dot on the back. I wasn't sure whether it was a tick or spider. Sorry for quality and other things I guess. No, I can't take another picture I already left and didn't think about asking until I got back. 1st post

I have a beautiful big broccolini plant that’s Im so proud of and it’s giving my broccolini, then these little blighters show up. I cut off the branch with then on and threw them in the bin. The branch is an offshoot from the main stem. The main stem doesn’t seem to have any on them.
There are some plants nearby in another pot that have this pest on them, I plan to pull them out and chuck them because the soil there is no good.

What should I do about them?

Victoria se suburbs, self watering planter.

Thank you in advance :)

Hi folks,

Found these little fellas cleaning up a dead bug today along the drive. I took note of the large red headed ones which looked cool as hell, but upon research, looks like they might be the highly invasive and damaging African Big Headed ant. Looking for any guidance?

I have a lot of native fauna and flora around I am keen to protect (live near National park), so if it is, might have to try and sort the buggers.

I realised there was something eating the leaf, but it took me 3 days to notice this guy. Please help ID as Google lens does not help for obv reasons

Northern Beaches NSW.

I noticed that ants had taken over a termite mound on the edges of Mareeba rodeo grounds, so I brought my camera and EOS 100mm macro lens over... Ants have been ID-ed by iNaturalist as Northern Meat Ants, Iridomyrmex sanguineus. Photographed with Canon R10, tripod, natural light.

cable for reference, extremely thin fangs and super tiny