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The continent of Australia has a unique depth of fauna not found anywhere else in the world. As well as the native wildlife, colonisation and modernisation has introduce many non indigenous species in to 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.
How often is it that as you travel around Australia, you say… what do koala eat? Our aim here is not to reproduce the myriad of information that is available in print and on the internet for the web of life, but to provided some general information, with images of living plants that can be found here in Australia, which will offer an insight into what is Australia… enjoy…
Following is our index of fauna listed here in Ausemade… come back as we include information from our archives and add new content.
Check out our Birds Index for the current full list of birds on our website (more to be added over time).
- ARACHNIDA
- Spiders – Arachnids
- Araneidae — Orb Weavers
- Australian Huntsman Spider (family Sparassidae)
- Barking Spider (Selenocosmia stirlingi)
- Black House Spider (Badumna insignis)
- Australian Huntsman Spider (family Sparassidae)
- Barking Spider (Selenocosmia stirlingi)
- Black House Spider (Badumna insignis)
- Crab Spiders, Flower Spiders, Flower Crab Spiders (family Thomisidae)
- Dolophones Orb-weaver Spiders (family Araneidae, genu Dolophones)
- Fishing Spiders (genus Dolomedes)
- Flying Peacock Spider (Maratus volans)
- Garden Orb Weaving Spider (Eriphora sp)
- Hackled Orbweavers (family Uloboridae)
- Jewel Spider (Astracantha minax)
- Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp)
- Lynx Spider (Oxyopes)
- Net Casting Spiders (family Deinopidae)
- Poltys sp (Twig Spider (Poltys sp)
- Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
- Red-headed Mouse Spider (Missulena occatoria)
- Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi)
- Triangular Spider (Arkys lancearius)
- White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus)
- Wolf Spider
SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia 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 Flower Spiders Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus volans Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider
- Babblers
- Bassian Thrush (Zoothera lunulata)
- Black-faced Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens)
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Brolga (Antigone rubicunda)
- 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)
- Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
- Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
- Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)
- 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)
BirdsApostlebird Australasian Darter Australasian Figbird Australasian Gannet Australasian Grebe Australasian Pipit Australasian Robins Australasian Shoveler (Spatula rhynchotis) Australasian Wrens Australian Babblers Australian Bustard Australian Chats Australian Magpie Australian Pelican Australian Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) Australian White Ibis Bassian Thrush Black-faced Cormorant 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 Grey Fantail Grey Teal Honeyeaters 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
- CARNIVORES
- CAMELIDAE
- FROGS
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
InsectsBees Bees Anatomy Bee Behaviour Blogging Bees… Amegilla Bee Apis mellifera Austroplebeia australis Austrothurgus Braunsapis sp Ceylalictus perditellus Colletidae Euryglossinae Exoneura Homalictus Hyleoides bivulnerata Lasioglossum Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) Lipotriches Megachile Meroglossa Stenotritidae Tetragonula Thyreus Xylocopa Beetles Blattodea Anamesia sp Balta bicolor Bush Cockroach Ellipsidion Nasutitermes triodiae Termite — Alate Butterflies Acraea andromacha Caper White Butterfly Chequered Swallowtail Butterfly Common Eggfly Butterfly Meadow Argus Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly Yellow Palm Dart Coleoptera Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Ladybirds (Beetles) Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus Cicada Desert Screamer — Cicada Double Drummer — Cicada Masked Devil — Cicada Orange Drummer — Cicada Crabronidae Pison Diptera Flies Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) Australian Drain Fly Balaana Beefly Bat Flies Bee Flies Chrysomya saffranea Eristalinus punctulatus Musca Odontomyia (Soldier Flies) Sarcophaga aurifrons Soldier Fly Syrphids Dragonflies & Damselflies Dragonfly or Damselfly? Sex Lives and Dragonflies Damselflies Diplacodes haematodes Hemicordulia tau Orthetrum caledonicum Orthetrum migratum Orthetrum villosovittatum Formicidae 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 pilosula (Jack Jumper Ant) Myrmecia pyriformis (Inch Ant) Myrmecia rubripes (Bullant) Notoncus spinisquamis Oecophylla smaragdina (Green Tree Ant) Rhytidoponera aspera Rhytidoponera metallica (Green-head Ant) Hemiptera Ippatha australiensis Leptocoris Mictis profana (Crusader Bug) Reduviidae Assassin Bugs Mango Planthopper Moths Aedia arctipennis Australian Striped Hawk Moth Bag-shelter Moth (Ochrogaster lunifer) Case Moths Coenotes eremophilae Convolvulus Hawk Moth Day Flying Moth Emperor Gum Moth (Opodiphthera eucalypti) Four-spotted Cup Moth or the Painted Cup Moth Green-blotched Moth (Cosmodes elegans) Leaf Case Moth Mistletoe Emperor Moth Plume Moth Rattlepod Moth (Utetheisa) Ribbed Case Moth Saunders’ Case Moth (Metura elongatus) White-spotted Owl-Moth Orthoptera Garden Mantis Grasshoppers Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Amorbus Amorbus alternatus Syrphidae Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly (Simosyrphus grandicornis) Common Halfband (Melangyna viridiceps) Wasps Australian Large Wasps Australian Mud Nest Wasps Mud Wasp Abispa ephippium Acarozumia amaliae Aulacidae Australodynerus Bembicinae Bembix Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Braconidae Chrysididae Cryptocheilus bicolor (Orange Spider Wasp) Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp) Eumeninae 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 Yellow and Black Wasp Water Scorpion Witchetty Grub
MacropodidaeKangaroo, Wallaroo, Euro, Wallaby Black-footed Rock Wallaby Red Kangaroo Wallaroo Eastern Grey Kangaroo Western Grey Kangaroo
MarsupialsGreater Bilby Marsupial Mole Numbat Western Quoll
- REPTILES
- Blind Snake (Genus Anilios)
- Central Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis)
- Gidgee Skink (Egernia stokesii)
- Goanna, Monitor, Perentie
- Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
- Lined Firetail Skink (Morethia ruficauda)
- Long-nose Dragon (G. longirostris)
- Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosu)
- Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)
ReptilesCentral 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)
- RODENTS
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