Wallaga Lake InsectsCadmus luctuosus Cloudy Masked Bee (Hylaeus nubilosus) Moths Rhytiphora neglecta (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle)

The Wallaga Lake area in the South Coast region is home to many insect species, such as native bees, beetles, butterflies and moths (to name just a small selection of the class Insecta).

Check out some of the species seen in the region and come back as we add more…

Didymocantha obliqua, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Didymocantha obliqua, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Carcass Beetles (genus Omorgus), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Carcass Beetles (genus Omorgus), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Emperor Gum Moth (Opodiphthera eucalypti), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Emperor Gum Moth (Opodiphthera eucalypti), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Orcus australasiae (Orange-spotted Ladybird), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Orcus australasiae (Orange-spotted Ladybird), Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Megachile ustulata, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Megachile ustulata, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina bella, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina bella, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor

This section is a work in progress…


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
  2. Observations Wallaga Lake, debtaylor142, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/139228181

Wallaga Lake InsectsCadmus luctuosus Cloudy Masked Bee (Hylaeus nubilosus) Moths Rhytiphora neglecta (Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle)

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