{"id":1472,"date":"2026-10-05T17:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/?page_id=1472"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T05:11:01","slug":"australian-insects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/australian-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIAN INSECTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Insects were the first creatures to fly through the skies more than 400 million years ago. Today there are twice as many species of insects in the world as there are all other animal species combined and their population in merely two square kilometres of rural land exceeds that of the entire human population of the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are more than 62,000 identified species of insects in Australia, many of which are regarded as household, garden, or agricultural pests, and although some, such as flies, mosquitos and termites, are on no one\u2019s list of favourite creatures, all play an essential role in maintaining a healthy and balanced ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An astounding diversity of insects can be discovered on the doorstep of everyone who\u2019s prepared to open their eyes to the wonders of the natural world, and you can read more about these amazing creatures in my book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/australian-wildlife-books\/\">AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE ON YOUR DOORSTEP <\/a>which is now in its second edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1460.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1460.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready fg-dark fg-border-medium fg-round-small fg-shadow-large fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-transparent-overlays fg-no-js\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1460\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;panel&quot;:{&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;download&quot;:false}},&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;src&quot;,&quot;srcset&quot;:&quot;srcset&quot;,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:200,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:2,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false,&quot;download&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 1; --fg-description-line-clamp: 2;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/butterfly_Junonia_orithya_MG_4700A.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Blue Argus butterfly - MG_4700A\" data-caption-desc=\"A Blue Argus \/ Blue Pansy butterfly, (Junonia orithya syn. Precis orithya) near Clermont in outback Queensland.\" data-attachment-id=\"1461\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/butterfly_Junonia_orithya_MG_4700A\/2601199646.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Argus butterfly, Junonia orithya_\" title=\"Blue Argus butterfly - MG_4700A\" height=\"300\" width=\"342\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Caterpillar_of_cup_moth_Doratifera_quadriguttata_MG_4650A.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Caterpillar of Four Spotted Cup Moth - IMG 4650A\" data-caption-desc=\"The caterpillar of the Four Spotted Cup Moth, Doratifera quadriguttata, is an insect that can give an unexpected sting to anyone who carelessly puts their hand too close.\" data-attachment-id=\"1462\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/Caterpillar_of_cup_moth_Doratifera_quadriguttata_MG_4650A\/369253575.jpg\" alt=\"Caterpillar of Four Spotted Cup Moth, Doratifera quadriguttata\" title=\"Caterpillar of Four Spotted Cup Moth - IMG 4650A\" height=\"300\" width=\"432\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Caterpillar_of_painted_vine_moth-Agarista_agricola_MG_5453.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Caterpillar of Painted Vine Moth - IMG 5453\" data-caption-desc=\"The caterpillar of the Painted Vine Moth, Agarista agricola.\" data-attachment-id=\"1463\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/Caterpillar_of_painted_vine_moth-Agarista_agricola_MG_5453\/2307561321.jpg\" alt=\"Caterpillar of Painted Vine Moth - Agarista agricola\" title=\"Caterpillar of Painted Vine Moth - IMG 5453\" height=\"300\" width=\"450\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Fly-on-leaf_MG_7022.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Blowfly on leaf - IMG 7022\" data-caption-desc=\"Flies have amazing vision thanks to their complex eyes that give them an almost 360 degree view of the world around them.\" data-attachment-id=\"1464\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/Fly-on-leaf_MG_7022\/2774703387.jpg\" alt=\"Blowfly on leaf\" title=\"Blowfly on leaf - IMG 7022\" height=\"300\" width=\"408\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hornet_building_mud_nest_MG_7919.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Wasp building mud nest - IMG 7919\" data-caption-desc=\"This Potter \/ Masonry Wasp, Abispa ephippium, a vespid wasp, had laboriously created a nest of mud in which to lay her eggs.  But even when the eggs had been laid she had more work to do. This image shows the wasp stuffing a caterpillar into the nest. This and other insects provide a supply of food for the larvae that will eventually hatch and that will have a ravenous appetite.\" data-attachment-id=\"1465\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/hornet_building_mud_nest_MG_7919\/62282308.jpg\" alt=\"Potter \/ masonry wasp building mud nest\" title=\"Wasp building mud nest - IMG 7919\" height=\"300\" width=\"325\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hover_fly_Episyrphus_species_on_flower_MG_6988.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Black banded hover fly - IMG 6988\" data-caption-desc=\"This attractive insect might, at a first glance, appear to be a wasp that could inflict a painful sting on anyone who comes too close for comfort - and its disguise fools predators as well as humans. It is, in fact, completely harmless. It&#039;s one of the good guys that&#039;s always welcome in a garden, It enormous eyes are the secret to its identity - for this colourful creature is a fly. It&#039;s a Black Banded Hover Fly (an Episyrphus species) that plays an important role as one of nature&#039;s willing army of pollinators.\" data-attachment-id=\"1466\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/hover_fly_Episyrphus_species_on_flower_MG_6988\/2096285101.jpg\" alt=\"Black banded hover fly Episyrphus species on yellow flower\" title=\"Black banded hover fly - IMG 6988\" height=\"300\" width=\"430\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grasshopper_eating_bud_of_hibiscus_flower_MG_6702.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Grasshopper - IMG 6702\" data-caption-desc=\"Grasshoppers can cause considerable damage to garden plants and this colourful insect made a meal out of the flower bud of a hibiscus.\" data-attachment-id=\"1467\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/grasshopper_eating_bud_of_hibiscus_flower_MG_6702\/3278368759.jpg\" alt=\"Green grasshopper eating bud of hibiscus\" title=\"Grasshopper - IMG 6702\" height=\"300\" width=\"258\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/grasshopper_MG_6838.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Grasshopper - IMG 6838\" data-caption-desc=\"Grasshoppers are regarded as insect pests and can caused considerable damage to garden plants and agricultural crops, but they provide an important source of food for many species of birds and animals, including lizards and frogs. This is a young grasshopper, with the deep green &#039;buds&#039; of its emerging wings clearly visible.\" data-attachment-id=\"1468\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/grasshopper_MG_6838\/3673188814.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of green grasshopper with huge eyes\" title=\"Grasshopper - IMG 6838\" height=\"300\" width=\"298\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/assassin_bug_nymph_on_pink_zinnia_flower_MG_6733.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Assassin bug nymph - IMG 6733\" data-caption-desc=\"Assassin Bugs (Pristhesancus plagipennis) are ferocious predators that play an important role in controlling insects. They are welcome residents of an organic garden but can give a very painful sting. This nymph was hunting for its prey among the petals of a zinnia flower.\" data-attachment-id=\"1469\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/assassin_bug_nymph_on_pink_zinnia_flower_MG_6733\/3166921475.jpg\" alt=\"Assassin bug nymph, Pristhesancus plagipennis, on pink zinnia flower\" title=\"Assassin bug nymph - IMG 6733\" height=\"300\" width=\"287\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cicada_emerging_from_shell_MG_3764.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Cicada - IMG 3764\" data-caption-desc=\"One of the great wonders of nature, the miraculous process of metamorphosis, was on display as this winged cicada emerged from the shell of the beetle that it had been and that had survived in the darkness of the soil for a decade or more.\" data-attachment-id=\"1470\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/Cicada_emerging_from_shell_MG_3764\/895941170.jpg\" alt=\"Cicada on trunk of tree emerging from shell\" title=\"Cicada - IMG 3764\" height=\"300\" width=\"412\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cockroach_Ellipsidion-australe_MG_7069.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Beautiful Cockroach, Ellipsidion australe - IMG 7069\" data-caption-desc=\"Beautiful is not a word that&#039;s often associated with cockroaches, but Ellipsidion australe, an Australian native cockroach, is definitely worthy of its colloquial name of Beautiful Cockroach.\" data-attachment-id=\"1471\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2026\/10\/Cockroach_Ellipsidion-australe_MG_7069\/3887951785.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful Cockroach, Ellipsidion australe\" title=\"Beautiful Cockroach, Ellipsidion australe - IMG 7069\" height=\"300\" width=\"393\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insects were the first creatures to fly through the skies more than 400 million years ago. Today there are twice as many species of insects in the world as there are all other animal species combined and their population in merely two square kilometres of rural land exceeds that of the entire human population of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_xspeed_no_cache":false,"_xspeed_expiry_hours":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AUSTRALIAN INSECTS - PHOTOGRAPHS OF AUSTRALIA - BOOKS AND PHOTOS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stunning photos of Australian insects, caterpillars, butterflies, beneficial insects, flies, wasps, insect pests, grasshoppers, bugs, beetles, more\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/australian-insects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AUSTRALIAN INSECTS - 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