Sapphire Coast FaunaAnts Bees Birds Insects Spiders

The Sapphire Coast is blessed with bushland, national parks and state forests, lakes, rivers, lagoons and inlets, where you have the opportunity to see an amazing array of fauna, from marsupials, reptiles, birds, insects and spiders.

Yellow-bellied Water Skink (Eulamprus heatwolei), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Yellow-bellied Water Skink (Eulamprus heatwolei), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus diana), Bermagui State Forest NSW © Deb Taylor
Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus diana), Bermagui State Forest NSW © Deb Taylor
Carcass Beetles (genus Omorgus), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Carcass Beetles (genus Omorgus), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax), Bega Valley NSW © Deb Taylor
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax), Bega Valley NSW © Deb Taylor
White-striped Weevil (Perperus lateralis), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
White-striped Weevil (Perperus lateralis), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Wandella NSW © Deb Taylor
Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Wandella NSW © Deb Taylor
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Bega Valley NSW © Deb Taylor
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), Bega Valley NSW © Deb Taylor

This page is a work in progress, more information coming…

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
    • Class:
      • Amphibia
      • Arachnida
      • Aves
      • Insecta
      • Mammalia
        • Infraclass: Marsupialia
      • Reptilia

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs © Deb Taylor
  2. Flora and Fauna, Eden Community Site, https://www.eden.nsw.au/flora-and-fauna/

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