Bring us your Bugs

Click here to find out the Bring us your Bugs event coming up on October 7, 2009

Bring us Your Bugs was a huge success in January! Around 1,500 people came on the day and brought along over 800 invertebrate specimens. A great achievement for Adelaide's Citizen Scientists! Since the event we have been sorting and photographing the amazing creatures...

About the
cryptic sun moth

Photos of
invertebrates

Close-up
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the event

About our
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The Cryptic Sun Moth

One moth has received a lot of attention! A cryptic sun moth (Synemon theresa), a species that has not been seen in Adelaide for many years, was supplied by a family in living in Teringie. It was found in their hills-face garden.

For more information on cryptic sun moths:
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Photos of Invertebrates

Below is a selection of images taken by photographer John Hodgson.

We are happy for you to download and use these images for not-for-profit purposes; please include the following information:

Source: Barbara Hardy Centre http://www.unisa.edu.au/barbarahardy/; Photographer: John Hodgson.


Cryptic sun-moth	Cryptic sun-moth		Jumping spider

Bark spider	Inch ant		Introduced snail

Stag beetle	Garden centipede		Slater

Crusader bug	Jewel bug		Lacewing (see the larvae below - antlions)

Native cockroach	Paper wasp nest		Elephant weevil

Praying mantis		Black rock scorpion

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Close-up photography

We've taken some photographs with the aid of an Olympus SZX7 microscope with a digital camera attachment. These photos were taken by Mike Gemmell of the SA Museum:


Stag beetle	Pseudo scorpion	Antlions (see adult lacewings above)

Enamel spider	Bed bug (engorged)	Tiny fly species

Wasp pupae (hatching)	Wasp pupae (hatching)	Wasp species (hatched)