Common names of some of Townsville's wildlife

Note: this page is automatically generated, so it may include some unusual items.

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(also Lobobasis niveimaculata, Arctiinae, Erebida

(syn Molineria capitulata) Weevil Plant, Palm Grass

(syn. Sommeria marmorea)

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A

A Raspy Cricket

A member of Carpet Moths

A member of Lichen Moths

Achilid Planthoppers

African Milk Tree

African Oil Palm

African Tulip Tree

Alfalfa Leaf Tier

Aloe-leafed Cymbidium

American Cockroach

Ant Plant, Beccari's Ant Plant

Ant-like Flower Beetles

Ant-like Leaf Beetles

Arrowroot family.

Asian Magpie Moth

Asparagus Fern, Mother-in-Law's Tongue

Atherton Squeaker

Aurora Bluetail

Australasian Cockroach

Australasian Slimwing

Australian Bugle Plant

Australian Duskhawker

Australian Hornet

Australian Plague Locust

Australian Rustic, Bordered Rustic

Australian Sheep Blow Fly

Australian Striped Hawk Moth

Australian Yellow-winged Locust

Autumn Cluster Moth

B

Bag Shelter Moths

Bag-shelter Moth

Bailey's Bulbophyllum

Bakong, Pahong Screw-palm

Balsam, Impatiens

Bamusoideae, Poaceae

Banded Black Carpet Beetle

Banded Caterpillar Parasite Wasp

Banksia, Grevillia, Persoonia, Hakea.

Barnyard Grass, Cockspur

Bat's-wing Coral Tree, Brake-block Tree

Batflowers, Arrowroot

Bathroom Moth Midge

Bean Leafroller

Bean-leaf Webworm Moth

Big-headed Flies

Big-leaf Palm, Darian Palm

Billy Goat Weed

Bird of Paradise, Crane Flower

Bird's Nest Fern x 2

Bizarre Looper Moth

Black Field Cricket

Black Scavenger Flies

Black Spot Moth

Black and White Tiger, Swamp Tiger Butterfly

Black-eyed Susan

Black-spotted Grass-blue

Black-spotted Moths

Blackberry Lily

Blackheaded Skimmer

Blister Beetles

Bloodhorn, Elliptic Yellowwood, Kopsia

Blotched Monopis Moth

Blowflies, Bluebottles

Blue Argus, Blue Pansy

Blue Billygoat Weed

Blue Flax Lily, Paroo Lily

Blue Gum, Forest Red Gum.

Blue Latan Palm

Blue Quendong (syn E. grandis)

Blue Riverdamsel

Blue-banded Eggfly

Blue-eyes Lacewing

Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks

Blush Cudjeree, Ribbonwood

Blush Macaranga, Nasturtium Tree, David's Heart and Heart Leaf

Bolivian Sunset (syn. Seemannia sylvatica, Gesneria sylvatica)

Brazilian Button Flower

Brazilian Nightshade

Broad-headed Bugs

Broadlaef Pepper Tree

Brown Buzzing Bullet

Brown Flower Beetle

Brown Saddlebags

Brown lacewings

Brown's Fimbristylis

Bulkuru, Common Spike Rush

Bunched Spear Grass, Black Spear Grass

Burmese Rosewood

Butterflies and Moths

Butterfly Pea, Blue Pea

C

Cabbage Centre Grub

Cabbage Cluster Catepillar

Cabbage Palmetto

Cabbage Tree Palm

Caesalpinaceae x 2

Cairns Birdwing Butterfly

Cairns Hamadryad

Calanthe William Murray

Caltrope, King's Crown, Goat Bush, Indian Milkwood

Calycomyza lantanae

Cannonball Tree

Cape Gooseberry

Cardinal Creeper

Carpentaria Palm

Carpenter Millers, Wood Moths, Goat Moths.

Carpenter bee x 2

Carrot, parsley, coriander.

Cashew, Mango, Burdekin Plum.

Cassowary Plum, Grey Milkwood

Castor Oil Plant

Castor Semi-Looper

Cat's Tail, Chenille Plant

Cat's Whiskers x 2

Cat-O'-Nine-Tails

Cattail family, Bulrushes

Celosia, cockscomb.

Chequered Beetles

Chequered Cuckoo Bee

Chequered Swallowtail

China-mark Moths

Chinese Fan Palm

Chocolate Argus, Brown Soldier

Cigarette Beetle, Tobacco Beetle

Clearwing Swallowtail

Clustering Fishtail Palm

Coast Button Grass

Coastal Jack Bean

Coastal She-Oak

Cobbler's Peg, Beggar's Ticks, Shepard's Needles.

Cockroach Wasps

Cocky Apple x 2

Coconut Spike Moth

Coffee Bean Weevil

Colm. Wildcat 'Everlasting'

Colvilles Glory

Comin's Bulbophyllum

Common Albatross

Common Banded Mosquito x 2

Common Bandwing Grasshopper

Common Crow, Oleander Butterfly

Common Ellipsidion

Common Eucalyptus Longhorn Beetle

Common Everlasting

Common Fruit-Piercing Moth

Common Garden Caedicia

Common Grass-blue

Common Thornapple

Concealer Moths

Confusing Cockroaches x 2

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Copper Plant x 2

Coral Tree Moth

Corkwood Wattle

Corky Passionfruit

Cosmet Moths, Seed Borers

Cosmopolitan Plume Moth

Cotton Leaf Roller

Cotton Stainers

Cotton Tipworm Moth

Cotton Web Spinner

Couch Grass, Blue Couch

Crabs Eyes, Giddee Giddee.

Crane Flies x 2

Crinoline Fungus

Cross-line Wave Moth

Crotalaria Podborer

Crow's Foot Grass

Crowded-leaf Wattle

Crown of Thorns

Crucifix Orchid

Cuban Royal Palm

Cumquat, Kumquat

Cup Moths, Slug Caterpillar Moths

F

False Click Beetles

Fart Bush, Gamer; Gagilamo; Gambiran

Figs, Mulberry.

Fire-tailed Resin Bee

Fireball Lily, Powder Puff Lily, Ball of Fire

Flat Head Leafhopper

Flat-bodied Moths

Flies, Milichiids, Freeloader Flies, Milichiid fl

Floating ferns.

Floating herbs.

Foolproof Plant

Forest Cockroaches

Four o'Clock Moth

Four-leaved Cassia

Fragrant Bulbophyllum

Freshwater Mangrove

Fringe-tufted Moths

Fruit Piercing Moth

Fruit Piercing Moth, Dot-underwing Moth

Fruit Salad Plant

Fruit-spotting Bug

Fruit-worm moths

Fungus Gnats x 2

Fungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies

Fungus Weevils x 2

Fungus-eating Ladybird

G

G. venusa x G. glossadenia

Gebang, Kennedy Palm

Giant Grasshopper

Giant Green Slantface

Giant Speargrass.

Giant Water Lily

Giant Waterbugs

Gireoud's Brassia

Glossy Nightshade

Goat Weed, Purple Fleabane

Goat's Foot Convolvulus

Gold-fronted Riverdamsel

Golden Banquet Tree

Golden Barrel Cactus

Golden Cane Palm

Golden Chain, Cascara, Golden Shower

Golden Giant Bamboo

Golden Triangle Woodland Cockroach

Golden Trumpet Tree

Golden-tailed Spiny Ant

Gomphrena Weed, Soft Khaki Weed

Granny's Cloak Moth

Graphic Flutterer

Grass Flies, Eye Flies

Grass Jewel, Jewelled Grass-Blue

Grass Moth, Crotalaria Moth

Grass Webworm Moth

Grass-miner Moths

Grasses (Poaceae = Gramineae)

Green Fruit-piercing Moth

Green Garden Looper

Green Grass Dart

Green Marsh Hawk

Green Stink Bug

Green Weaver Ant

Green lacewings

Green-blotched Moth

Grey Duskhawker

Gum Emperor Moth

Gum Leaf Skeletonizer

I

Ichneumonid Wasps

Illawarra Flame Tree

Indian Heliotrope

Indian Mast Tree, Ashoka Tree

Inscribed Emerald

Insigillated Pug

Ivory-coloured Angraecum

Ixora Shield Bug

J

Jamacain Sago Tree

Jamaican Royal Palm

Japanese Sunflower

Jasmine, Gardenia. (Rubiaceae = Naucleaceae)

Jasmine, Native Olive.

Joseph's Coat Moth

Joseph's Coat, Copper Leaf

Jute Looper, Hibiscus Cutworm

K

Kadam Defoliator

Karnikar Tree, Maple-leafed Bayor Tree

Keds, Louse Flies

Knot-horn Moths x 2

L

Lacewings, Ant Lions

Lady Lawrence's Aerides

Ladybird Beetles

Lancewood, Thick-podded Salwood

Lantana Stick Moth

Large Auger Beetle

Large Grass Yellow, Common Grass Yellow

Large Green Jassid

Lawn Armyworm Moth

Leaf Hoppers x 2

Leaf Miner Flies

Leaf Miners x 2

Lemon-scented Gum

Leopard Tree x 2

Lesser Bladder Cicada

Lesser Coconut Weevil

Lesser Dung Flies

Liechhardt Tree, Canary Cheesewood

Light blue Snake weed

Lima Bean Pod Borer, Gold-banded Etiella Moth

Lipstick Palm, Red Sealing-wax Palm

Little Whiner x 2

Little White Lichen Moth

Long-fruited Bloodwood

Long-horned Moths

Long-leafed Mat Rush

Long-legged Flies

Long-tailed Bombyx

Long-tailed Pea-blue

Longhorn Crazy Ant

Longicon Beetles

Longicorn Beetles

Longicorn beetle x 2

Loosestrife, Crepe Myrtle

Love Flower, Pastel Flower.

Lower's Grass Dart

M

Macadamia Flower Caterpillar

Macleay's Spectre, Spiny Leaf Insect

Maculate Ladybird

Madagascar Almond

Madagascar Palm

Malacca Apple, Mountain Apple, (labeled as Australian Rose Apple in Anderson Park)

Mallotus Harlequin Bug

Mango Flower Beetle

Mango Seed Weevil

Mango Shoot Borer

Mangrove Date Palm

Mangrove Fan Palm

Mantid lacewings

Many-flowered Mat Rush

Many-plumed Moths

Many-spotted Bulbophyllum

Marsh Screw Pine

Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, Resin Bees

Matchstick Plant

Mayer's Coelogyne

Mealybug Destroyer

Melanagromyza metallica

Merauke Hibiscus, Wild Rosella

Metallic Shield Bug

Metalmark moths

Mexican Fan Palm,

Mexican Poppy, Yellow-flowered Thistle

Mexican Tree Fern Tree

Milk-bush, Milkwood.

Minnieroot, Spearpod

Minute Pirate Bugs

Miskin's Blue, Wattle Blue

Mock Orange, Orange Jessamine

Modjadji's Cycad

Morning Glories

Morning-glory Leafminer Moth

Morten Bay Ash, Carbeen, Stocking Gum

Mosses-in-the-Basket, Oyster Plant

Moth Flies, Drain Flies

Mother of Millions x 2

Mother-in-Law's Tongue

Mother-in-law's Tongue

Mottled Field Cricket

Mottled Spurge, Frilled Fan

Mt. Stuart Ironbark

Mung Bean, Bean Sprouts

O

Okra, Lady's Fingers

Olethreutine Leafroller Moths

Orange Palm Dart

Orange Palm-dart (dark form)

Orange-tailed Potter Wasp

Orchard Swallowtail

Orchidaceae (Blc = Brassolaeliocattleya)

Oriental Eight-Spot

Oriental Latrine Fly

Oriental Leafworm Moth

Owl Moths, Armyworms

P

Pacific Sunrise 'Hakalua'

Painted Grasshawk

Painted Pine Moth

Painted Strobe Ant

Pale Ciliate Blue

Pale Cotton Stainer

Pale Orange Dart

Pale-spotted Emperor

Palmita Cycad, Chestnut Dioon

Palms. ( Arecaceae = Palmae or Palmaceae )

Palmyra, Cambodian Palm

Pandanus Planthopper

Paper Wasps x 2

Parasitic Wasps x 14

Parasitic Wasps, Fairy Wasps

Parasitic wasps

Paw paw, Papaya x 2

Peas, beans, legumes

Picture-winged Flies

Pig Face, Succulent herbs

Pigeonpea Pod Borer x 2

Pink Coral Vine, Mexican Creeper, Queen's Wreath

Pink Natal Grass

Pink Orchid Tree, Pink Bauhina

Pink Trumpet Tree

Pink-bellied Moth

Pitcher Plant, Monkey Cup

Plain Tiger Butterfly

Plusine Looper Moths

Poinciana Looper

Poinciana longicorn

Poinciana, Flame Tree

Ponytail Plant, Ponytail Palm

Porcelian Flower

Predaceous Diving Beetles

Pretty Grey Balta

Preying Mantids

Prickly Spider Flower

Processionary Moths

Prosena sp. GC1

Pseudonapomyza sp. GC1

Pterocaulon serrulatum -

Pumpkin, Cucumber.

Purple Bauhinia, Orchid Tree

Purple Cerulean

Purple Sheen Concealer Moth

Purple Top Chloris

Purple Waffle Plant, Red Ivy

Pygmy Grasshoppers

Pyralid Snout Moths

Q

Queen Palm, Cocos Palm

Queen of the night

Queensland Spotted Pyrgomorph

S

Sacred Fig, Bo Tree

Sapphire Flutterer

Saunder's Case Moth

Scalloped Grass-Yellow

Scaly-winged Barklice

Scarlet Bloodroot

Scarlet Percher

Screw Pine, Cook's Screw Pine

Sea Almond, Indian Almond

Sedges, Papyrus.

Sensitive Plant x 2

Shaggy-lipped Bulbophyllum

Shell Ginger, Pink Porcelain Lily

Shield Bugs x 2

Shielded Bush Cricket

Shining Leaf Chafer Beetles

Shining Oak-blue

Short-horned Grasshoppers x 3

Short-tailed Polichne

Showy Wattle, Western Silver Wattle

Side-lined Emerald

Silver Flies x 2

Silver Forget-me-not

Silver Tabebuia, Tree of Gold

Silvery Sand Grass, Coastal Spinifex

Siratro, Purple Bush-bean

Skinner's Cattleya

Slender Cockroaches

Slender Green Mantid

Slender Green-winged Grasshopper

Slender Jasmine

Slender Lady Palm

Sloane's Wingless Cockroach

Small Black Flies

Small Dusky-blue

Small Flies x 5

Small Green-banded Blue

Small moths x 2

Soldier Beetles x 2

Southern Moon Moth

Southern Sandbur. Mossman River Grass

Speckled Cockroach, Woodie

Speedy Cockroaches x 4

Spicer's Paphiopedilium

Spider Flowers.

Spotted Beet Webworm

Spotted Grass-blue

Spotted Pea-blue, Gram Blue

Spotted Spur-throated Locust

Spreading Nut-heads

Spring Bloodwood

Springtails Entomobryomorpha

Staghorn Fern, Elkhorn Fern

Stilt-legged Flies

Stinging Nettle

Stinking Passionflower, Love-in-a-mist

Straight-snouted Weevils

Streaked Rattlepod

Striped Ladybird

Striped Mosquito

Striped Tree Cricket

Strong Stick Insect

Subgenus Chariomyrma

Subgenus Cyrtomyrma

Subgenus Hagiomyrma

Subgenus Hedomyrma

Sugarbag bee, sweat bee

Sugarcane Looper

Suggest by iNat Pseudoceneus

Sunnhemp, Sunn Hemp

Surinam Cockroach

Swallowtails and Birdwings

Sweet Potato Weevil

Sweet-smelling Bulbophyllum

Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth

T

Tableland Ellipsidion

Tall Cigar Plant, Candy Corn.

Teatree Orchid, Antelope Orchid

Teatree Web Moth

The Dogbane family.

The Garden Mantid, Australian Green Mantis

The Green Vegetable Bug

The Helmut Gongora, Potato Orchid

The Loose Coelogyne

The Lute-shaped Coelogyne

The Oval Coelogyne

The Spotted Katydid

The Two-flowered Bulbophyllum

The Wreath Carrying Cirrhopetalum

Threadleg Assassin

Three Punctured Diving Beetle

Three-lined Snout

Three-spot Forest Cockroach

Tiger Moths, Lichen Moths

Timolis' Frother

Tiny Grass Blue

Tiny parasitic wasps

Townsville Stylo

Traveller's Palm

Traveller's Palm, Bird of Paradise

Travelling Dark Woodland Cockroach

Tree-fungus Beetles x 2

Trefoil Rattlepod

Trilobite Cockroaches

Tropical Anomis

Tropical Barklice

Tropical Tiger Moths

Tube Spittlebugs

Tui, Mangrove Trumpet

Tunbridge Wells Gem

Twisted Moth, Broken Leaf Moth

Typical Longhorn Beetles

U

Umbrella Sedge, Mini Papyrus

V

Variable Anthelid

Variable Ladybird Beetle

Variable Yellow Underwing

Varied Eggfly, Great Eggfly

Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp

Velvet Ants x 3

W

Walker's Frother

Wanderer Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly

Wandering Cudweed

Wandering Glider

Wandering Jew, Scurvy Plant.

Wasps, bees, ants

Water Scorpions

Water Snowflake x 2

Water Striders, Pond Skaters

Weeping Bottlebrush

Weeping Ti-tree

Western Honey Bee

Whirligig Beetles

White Bat Plant

White Cedar Moth

White Currant, Snowberry

White Eye-capped Moths

White Leafhopper

White Paper Daisy

White Thunbergia, Fragrant Thunbergia.

White-banded Hunter Hawkmoth

Whites and Yellows

Wild Gooseberry

Wild Poinsetta, Mole Plant, Milkweed

Willow Primrose

Wire Grass, American Rat's Tail Grass

Wombat Berry, (locally called Native Bamboo)

Woodworm, Furniture Beetles

Wooly Bears, Lappet Moths

Z

Zygocactus, Christmas Cactus

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probably flaviguttatus

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