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The continent of Australia has a unique depth of flora and fauna, not found anywhere else in the world. In addition to the native indigenous plants and wildlife that previously existed on this continent, colonisation and modernisation has introduce many non indigenous species into Australia from around the world, some of which have done too well and have reached plague proportion, often threatening, if not having already wiped out various native species.
Whilst there is plenty of information that is available in print and on the internet for the web of life, we have added our collection of images, personal encounters and our own interests in living organisms to be found here in Australia.
As we add more images and information about Australian fauna, we hope you enjoy our fauna collection, images from our personal collections, contributors and other sources, offering an insight into what is Australia… enjoy…
Following are some of our most requested and popular pages on Fauna. To see our current full list, click on the Fauna Index link or just do a general topic search within Ausemade.
- ARACHNIDA
SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Spiders Index Araneidae — Orb Weavers Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Euryopis umbilicate (Superb Ant-eater Spider) Flower Spiders Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spider) Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Herennia sp Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Molycria burwelli Mopsus mormon Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Tetragnatha Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider
Bats (Chiroptera)Finlayson’s Cave Bat (Vespadelus finlaysoni) Ghost Bat Little Red Flying-Fox (Pteropus scapulatus)
BirdsBird Index Apostlebird Australasian Figbird Australasian Gannet Australasian Grebe Australasian Robins Australasian Pipit Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) Australasian Wrens Australian Babblers Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami) Australian Bustard Australian Chats Australian Magpie Australian Pelican Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) Australian White Ibis Bassian Thrush Black-faced Woodswallow Black Swan Bowerbirds Brolga Brown Songlark Channel-billed Cuckoo Cinnamon Quail-thrush Cormorants Cuckooshrikes and Allies Dotterels Lapwings Plovers Doves & Pigeons Emu Fairy Martin Finches Freckled Duck Grey Fantail Grey Teal Honeyeaters Ibises Kingfishers Little Friarbird Little Grassbird Magpie-lark Masked Woodswallow Noisy Pitta Olive Whistler Paradise Riflebird Pardalotes Parrots Pheasant Coucal Pied Butcherbird Rainbow Bee-eater Raptors Rufous Fantail Redthroat Rufous Bristlebird Silver-crowned Friarbird Torresian Crow Waders Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) White-browed Woodswallow White Capped Noddy White-faced Heron White-necked Heron Willie Wagtail Yellow-throated Scrubwren
- Apostlebird (Struthidea cinerea)
- Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)
- Australasian Figbird (Sphecotheres vieilloti)
- Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
- Babblers
- Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
- Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Bourke’s Parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii)
- Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
- Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
- Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
- Brown Songlark (Cincloramphus cruralis)
- Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
- Cinnamon Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma cinnamomeum)
- Finches
- Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
- Double-barred Finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
- Painted Finch (Emblema pictum)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
- Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
- Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Honeyeaters
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
- Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus brevirostris)
- Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)
- Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
- Grey-fronted Honeyeater (Ptilotula plumula)
- Grey-headed Honeyeater (Ptilotula keartlandi)
- New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
- Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (Acanthagenys rufogularis)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata)
- Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater (Ptilotula flavescens)
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
- Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus)
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
- Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolor)
- Olive Whistler (Pachycephala olivacea)
- Paradise Riflebird (Lophorina paradisea)
- Parrots
- Australian Ringnecks
- Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster)
- Bourke’s Parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii)
- Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
- Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri)
- Mallee Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius barnardi)
- Mulga Parrot (Psephotellus varius)
- Port Lincoln Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius)
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
- Pied Butcherbird (Cracticus nigrogularis)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- Raptors
- Australian Boobook (Ninox boobook)
- Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis)
- Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
- Black-breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon)
- Black Falcon (Falco subniger)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris)
- Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
- Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
- Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
- Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
- Red-browed Pardalote (Pardalotus rubricatus)
- Redthroat (Pyrrholaemus brunneus)
- Rufous Bristlebird (Dasyornis broadbenti)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
- Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
- Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
- Waders
- Banded Lapwing (Vanellus tricolor)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (Elseyornis melanops)
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
- Hooded Plover (Thinornis cucullatus)
- Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
- Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (Haematopus fuliginosus)
- White-browed Woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- White-necked Heron (Ardea pacifica)
- Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Yellow-throated scrubwren (Neosericornis citreogularis)
FrogsAustralian Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea) Centralian Tree Frog (Ranoidea gilleni) Desert Tree Frog (Litoria rubella) Desert Trilling Frog Great Barred Frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus) Main’s Frog Long-footed Frog (Cyclorana longipes) Motorbike Frog (Ranoidea moorei) Peron’s Tree Frog Spencer’s Burrowing Frog
GastropodaKaputar Pink Slug Otway Black Snail
- Insects – check out our Insects page to see our full current listing.
InsectsBees Bees Anatomy Bee Behaviour Blogging Bees… Bees – image index Unidentified Australian Native Bees Amegilla Bees Apis mellifera Austroplebeia australis Austrothurgus Braunsapis sp Ceylalictus perditellus Colletidae Euryglossinae Exoneura Hyleoides bivulnerata Lasioglossum Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Lasioglossum (Homalictus) Leioproctus pappus Lipotriches Megachile Meroglossa Stenotritidae Tetragonula Thyreus Xylocopa Beetles Blattodea Amitermes meridionalis Anamesia sp Balta bicolor Bush Cockroach Ellipsidion Nasutitermes triodiae Termite — Alate Butterflies Butterflies Index Acraea andromacha Caper White Butterfly Chequered Swallowtail Butterfly Common Eggfly Butterfly Meadow Argus Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly Pieridae Two-spotted Line Blue (Nacaduba biocellata) Yellow Palm Dart Coleoptera Coleoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus Cicada Cicada Index Desert Screamer (Burbunga hillieri) — Cicada Double Drummer (Thopha saccata) — Cicada Floury Baker (Aleeta curvicosta) — Cicada Masked Devil (Cyclochila australasiae) — Cicada Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) — Cicada Crabronidae Pison Diptera Diptera Index Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Chrysomya saffranea Clogmia (Moth Fly) Eristalinus punctulatus Miltinus stenogaster Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Robber Flies Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphidae Therevidae Dragonflies & Damselflies Dragonfly or Damselfly? Sex Lives and Dragonflies Damselflies Diplacodes haematodes Diplacodes melanopsis (Black-faced Percher) Hemicordulia tau Orthetrum caledonicum Orthetrum migratum Orthetrum villosovittatum Formicidae Formicidae Index Ants Camponotus aurocinctus Camponotus consobrinus (Banded Sugar Ant) Camponotus inflatus (Honey Ant) Dolichoderus doriae (Dolly Ant) Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Red-headed Spider Ant) Myrmecia brevinoda (Nocturnal Bull Ant) Myrmecia impaternata Myrmecia nigrocincta (Jumping Jack Ant) Myrmecia pilosula (Jack Jumper Ant) Myrmecia pyriformis (Inch Ant) Myrmecia rubripes (Bullant) Notoncus spinisquamis Odontomachus sp (Trap-jaw Ant) Oecophylla smaragdina (Green Tree Ant) Polyrhachis femorata (Southern Broad-nosed Spiny Ant) Rhytidoponera aspera Rhytidoponera metallica (Green-head Ant) Hemiptera Hemiptera Index Cicadellidae Cicadoidea Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers) Heteroptera (True Bugs) Heteroptera Heteroptera Index Hyocephalus aprugnus Ippatha australiensis Leptocoris Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) Reduviidae Assassin Bugs Moths Moths Index Aedia arctipennis Agape chloropyga Agrius convolvuli (Convolvulus Hawk Moth) Agrotis munda Anthela guenei (Four-Spot Anthelid Moth) Ardices curvata (Crimson Tiger Moth) Austrocaligula engaea (Mistletoe Emperor Moth) Calicotis crucifera Case Moths (Variety of Cocoons) Coenotes eremophilae Comocrus behri (Mistletoe Moth) Cosmodes elegans (Green-blotched Moth) Donuca spectabilis (White-spotted Owl-Moth) Diatenes gerula Endoxyla cinereus (Carpenter Moth) Eudesmeola lawsoni Four-spotted Cup Moth (Doratifera quadriguttata) Hippotion celerio (Vine Hawk Moth) Hyles livornicoides (Australian Striped Hawk Moth) Leaf Case Moth Metura elongatus (Saunders’ Case Moth) Ochrogaster lunifer (Bag-shelter Moth) Opodiphthera eucalypti (Emperor Gum Moth) Pararguda rufescens Plume Moth Ribbed Case Moth Sameodes cancellalis Spodoptera litura Trigonodes hyppasia Utetheisa (Rattlepod Moth) Orthoptera Australian Orthopteroid Index Garden Mantis Grasshoppers Katydids (family Tettigoniidae) Toadhopper (Buforania crassa) Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Amorbus Wasps Wasps Index Australian Large Wasps Australian Mud Nest Wasps Mud Wasp Velvet Ants Abispa ephippium Acarozumia amaliae Aulacidae Australodynerus Bembix Bembicinae Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Braconidae Chrysididae Cryptocheilus bicolor (Orange Spider Wasp) Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp) Eumeninae Delta philantes Ferreola handschini (Orange-collared Spider Wasp) Flower Wasps Gasteruptiid Wasp Hairy Flower Wasps Isodontia (Grass-carrying Wasp) Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid Dupe Wasp) Mutillidae Paralastor sp. Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Radumeris radula (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Radumeris tasmaniensis (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Sceliphron laetum Thynnid Wasps Tiphiidae Torymus Yellow and Black Wasp Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub
MacropodidaeKangaroo, Wallaroo, Euro, Wallaby Kangaroos Black-footed Rock Wallaby Eastern Grey Kangaroo Red Kangaroo Wallaroo Western Grey Kangaroo
MarsupialsGreater Bilby Koala Marsupial Mole Numbat Western Quoll
- Reptiles
ReptilesReptile Index Central Netted Dragon Ctenotus leonhardii Ctenotus saxatilis Crocodile Geckos Bynoe’s Gecko Eastern Tree Dtella Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko Gidgee Skink Goanna, Monitor, Perentie Black Headed Goanna Perentie Pygmy Mulga Goanna Sand Goanna Inland Bearded Dragon Lined Firetail Skink Long-nose Dragon Serpentes Blind Snake Central Carpet Python Children’s Python Stimson’s Python Thorny Devil Yellow-Bellied Water Skink (Eulamprus heatwolei)
Image (featured at top): Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) © Ausemade PL
FaunaFauna Index Arachnida (Arachnids) Bats (Chiroptera) Birds Camel Chilopoda Crustacea Dingo Frogs Gastropoda Horse Hyrtl’s Catfish Insects Macropodidae Mammalia Marsupials Monotreme Reptiles Rodentia Class Mammalia Spiders Spinifex Hopping Mouse