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- Ant (Information) .
- Ant (Argentine ant) Linepithema humile .
- Ant (Amblyopone spp) .
- Ant (Big headed ant) Pheidole megacephala .
- Ant (Nylanderia spp) .
- Ant (Southern ant) Monomorium antarcticum .
- Ant (White footed) Technomyrmex jocosus .
- Aphids (Family: Aphididae) .
- Aphid (Giant willow aphid) Tuberolachnus salignus .
- Aphid (Willow carrot) Cavariella aegopodii .
- Bark lice (Nimbopsocus australis) .
- Beetle (Species and Families) .
- Beetle (Alexander) Megadromus antarcticus .
- Beetle (Artystona spp) .
- Beetle (Black lawn beetle) Heteronychus arator . .
- Beetle (Bronze) Eucolaspis brunnea .
- Beetle (Carpet) Anthrenocerus australis .
- Beetle (Carpet) Anthrenus verbasci .
- Beetle (Chafer) Grass (Costelytra zealandica) .
- Beetle (Chafer) (Manuka) Pyronota festiva .
- Beetle (Chafer) Scarab (Odontria genus) .
- Beetle (Chafer) Mumu (Stethaspis longicornis) '
- Beetle (Chafer) Tanguru (Stethaspis suturalis) .
- Beetle (Click) Family: Elateridae .
- Beetle (Click) Conoderus exsul .
- Beetle (Click) Metablax acutipennis .
- Beetle (Cosmopollitan) Laemostenus complanatus .
- Beetle larva (Mimopeus sp. probably M. opaculus) .
- Beetle (Darkling) Amarygmus spp .
- Beetle (Darkling) Mimopeus spp .
- Beetle (Dented) Uloma tenebrionoides .
- Beetle (Dried fruit) Carpophilus hemipterus .
- Beetle (Desjardin's Flat) Cryptamorpha desjardins .
- Beetle (Devil's coachhorse) Creophilus oculatus .
- Beetle (Dung, Humpbacked) Onthophagus binodis .
- Beetle (Dung, Mexican) Copris incertus .
- Beetle (Eucalyptus tortoise) Paropsis charybdis .
- Beetle (Flat bark) Brontopriscus pleuralis .
- Beetle (Fungi) Zearagytodes maculifer .
- Beetle (Giraffe) Lasiorhynchus barbicornis .
- Beetle (Ground) Mecodema crenicolle .
- Beetle (Ground) Megadromus capito .
- Beetle (Ground) Mecodema ducale .
- Beetle (Ground) Megadromus vigil .
- Beetle (Ham ) Necrobia ruficollis .
- Beetle (Heteronychus species) unidentified .
- Beetle (Hide) Dermestes maculatus .
- Beetle (Holcaspis species) unidentified .
- Beetle (Holcaspis oedicnema) .
- Beetle (Huhu) Prionoplus reticularis .
- Beetle (Jewel) Genus: Pyronota .
- Beetle (Lax) Spotted (Parisopalpus nigronotatus) .
- Beetle (Lax) Striped (Thelyphassa lineata) .
- Beetle (Lax) Unidentified (Family: Oedemeridae) .
- Beetle (Leaf beetles) Family: Chrysomelidae .
- Beetle (Lemon tree borer) Oemona hirta .
- Beetle (Ground) Megadromus bullatus .
- Beetle (Minute hooded) Genus: Holopsis .
- Beetle (Lesser mealworm) Alphitobius diaperinus .
- Beetle (Longhorn Asian) Anoplophora glabripennis .
- Beetle (Longhorn Burnt Pine) Arhopalus tristis .
- Beetle (Longhorn Bamboo) Chlorophorus annularis .
- Beetle (Longhorn Citrus) Anoplophora chinensis .
- Beetle (Longhorn Eucalyptus borer) Phoracantha semipunctata .
- Beetle (Longhorn, Flower) Zorion guttigerum .
- Beetle (Longhorn Kanuka) Ochrocydus huttoni .
- Beetle (Longhorn) Polyacanthia flavipes .
- Beetle (Longhorn Squeaking) Hexatricha pulverulenta .
- Beetle (Longhorn Speckled) Xuthodes punctipennis .
- Beetle (Longhorn Spiny) Blosyropus spinosus .
- Beetle (Longhorn timber beetle) Calliprason pallidus .
- Beetle (Longhorn) Unknown .
- Beetle (Longhorn Variegated) Coptomma variegatum .
- Beetle (Longhorn) Genus:Xylotoles .
- Beetle (Longhorn) Xylotoles griseus .
- Beetle (Pintail) Hoshihananomia antarctica .
- Beetle (Pilipalpinae subfamily) .
- Beetle (Platynus macropterus) Carabidae .
- Beetle (Puffball beetles) Genus: Caenocara .
- Beetle (Red Flour) Tribolium castaneum .
- Beetle (Red-legged ham) Necrobia rufipes .
- Beetle (Red winged Lycid) Porrostoma rufipenne .
- Beetle (Rove) Genus: Anotylus .
- Beetle (Rove) Subfamily: Omaliinae
- Beetle (Sap feeding beetles) Genus: Carpophilus
- Beetle (Sand scarab beetle) Pericoptus truncates
- Beetle (Sandy beach) Actizeta albata
- Beetle (Stag) Family: Lucanidae .
- Beetle (Stag) Dendroblax earlii .
- Beetle (Stag) Geodorcus helmsi .
- Beetle (Stag) Mitophyllus arcuatus .
- Beetle (Stag) Mitophyllus irroratus .
- Beetle (Stag) Paralissotes reticulates .
- Beetle (Stinking Ground beetle) Plocamostethus planiusculus) Plocamostethus planiusculus .
- Beetle (Thistle tortoise) Cassida rubiginosa .
- Beetle (Tiger) Genus: Neocicindela . .
- Beetle (Tiger longicorn beetle) Aridaeus thoracicus .
- Beetle (Tiger) Neocicindela tuberculata .
- Beetle (Tiger, South Island) Neocicindela garnerae .
- Beetle (Tradescantia beetles) Genus: Neolema .
- Beetle (Tradescantia leaf beetle) Neolema ogloblini .
- Beetle (Two-tone Nectar Scarab beetle) Phyllotocus macleayi .
- Beetle (Water scavenger) Dactylosternum abdominale .
- Bristletails (Order: Archaeognatha) .
- Bugs (Superfamily: Psylloidea) .
- Bug (Assassin Thread-legged) Subfamily: Emesinae .
- Bug.(Assassin bug) Stenolemus fraterculus .
- Bug (Australian Crop Mirid) Sidnia kinbergi .
- Bug (Bed bug) Cimex lectularius .
- Bug (Mealybug) Pseudococcidae .
- Bug (Potato mirid) Closterotomus norvegicus .
- Bug (Plant bug) Family: Miridae .
- Bug (Plant bug) Wekamiris auropilosus .
- Bug (Seed bug) Nysius species .
- Bug (Seed bug) Dieuches notatus .
- Bug (Shield bug) (Brown shield bug) (Dictyotus caenosus) .
- Bug (Shield bug) (Brown marmorated stink bug) (Halyomorpha halys) .
- Bug (Shield bug) (Brown Soldier Bug) (Cermatulus nasalis) .
- Bug (Shield bug) (Forest shield bug) Oncacontias vittatus .
- Bug (Shield bug) (Green Potato Bug) Cuspicona simplex .
- Bug (Shield bug) (New Zealand vegetable bug) Glaucias amyoti .
- Bug (Shield bug) Pittosporum shield bug (Monteithiella humeralis) .
- Bug (Shield bug) Green vegetable bug (Nezara viridula) .
- Bug (Shield bug) Schellenberg's soldier bug (Oechalia schellenbergii) .
- Bug (Shield bug) (Yellow Spotted Stink Bug) (Erthesina fullo) .
- Bug (Shield bug 5th instar (Brown shield bug) (Dictyotus caenosus) .
- Bug (Spittlebug) Philaenus species .
- Bug (Stink bug) Family: Pentatomidae .
- Bug (Swan plant bug) Arocatus rusticus .
- Bug (Two-spotted Grass Bug) Stenotus binotatus .
- Bug (Wheat bug) Nysius huttoni .
- Centipedes .
- Centipede (Genus: Cryptops) .
- Centipede (Giant) Cormocephalus rubriceps .
- Centipede (House) Genus: Scutigera .
- Centipede (Soil) Geophilus spp .
- Centipede (Stone) Lithobius peregrinus .
- Centipedes (Stone 1) Lithobius spp .
- Centipedes (Stone 2) Lithobius spp .
- Centipedes (Stone 3) Lithobius .
- Centipedes (Stone 4) Lithobius spp .
- Centipede (Stone 5) Lithobius spp. .
- Cicada Information .
- Cicada nymph shedding its skin .
- Cicada (Alpine cicadas) Maoricicada genus .
- Cicada (Blood Redtail Cicada) Rhodopsalta cruentata .
- Cicada (Chirping cicada) Amphipsalta strepitans .
- Cicada (Chorus cicada) Amphipsalta zealandica .
- Cicada (Clay bank cicada) Notopsalta sericea .
- Cicada (Clapping cicada) Amphipsalta cingulata .
- Cicada (Clock cicada) Kikihia horologium .
- Cicada (Kikihia balena) .
- Cicada (Kikihia scutellaris) .
- Cicada (Sand Dune Redtail Cicada) Rhodopsalta leptomera .
- Cicada (Sub alpine green cicada) Kikihia subalpine .
- Cicada Damage .
- Cockroach (American) Periplaneta americana .
- Cockroach (Black) Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae . .
- Cockroach (German) Blattella germanica .
- Cockroach (Gisborne) Drymaplaneta semivitta .
- Cockroach (Golden) Drymaplaneta heydeniana .
- Cockroach (Native Bush) Celatoblatta spp, .
- Cockroach (NZ Native) Parellipsidion conjunctum .
- Cockroach (Native winged) Parellipsidion latipenne .
- Crickets .
- Cricket (Australian scaly cricket) Ornebius aperta .
- Cricket (Black Field) Teleogryllus commodus .
- Cricket (Grillos de los árboles) Sub family Trigonidiinae .
- Cricket (Small Field ) Bobilla sp .
- Earwig (Seashore) Anisolabis littorea .
- Earwig (European) Forficula auricularia .
- Earwig (Native) Nesogaster halli .
- Galls (Cecidia) .
- Gall (Eriophyes paratrophis) Witches broom gall .
- Grasshopper (Small field grasshopper) Conocephalus bilineatus .
- Grasshoppers (Coneheads) Genus: Conocephalus .
- Grasshopper (Long horned Grasshopper) Conocephalus upoluensis .
- Grasshopper (New Zealand) Phaulacridium marginale .
- Grasshopper (Sigaus piliferus) North Island alpine grasshopper .
- Hoppers (Blue Planthopper) Siphanta acuta .
- Hopper (Green Planthopper) Siphanta acuta .
- Hoppers (Land) Terrestrial amphipods .
- Hopper (Longheaded Bracken Hopper) Thanatodictya tillyardi .
- Hopper (Passionvine) Scolypopa australis .
- Hopper (Sage hopper) Eupteryx melissae .
- Hopper (Tri-horned treehopper) Acanthuchus trispinifer .
- Katydid (Green) Caedicia simplex .
- Katidid (Olive-green Coastal) Austrosalomona falcata .
- Katydid (Pink) Caedicia simplex .
- Lacewing (Brown) Genus: Micromus .
- Lacewing (Brown) Wesmaelius subnebulosus .
- Lacewing (Dustywings) Cryptoscenea australiensis .
- Lacewing (Green lacewing) Cryptoscenea australiensis .
- Lacewings (Order: Neuroptera) .
- Lacewing (Tasmanian lacewing) Micromus tasmania .
- Ladybird (Black with two spots) Serangium maculigerum .
- Ladybird (Elevenspotted) Coccinella undecimpunctata .
- Ladybird (Flax ladybird) Hoangus venustus .
- Ladybird (Fungus-Eating) Illeis galbula .
- Ladybird (Hadda Beetle) Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata .
- Ladybird (Harlequin) Harmonia axyridis .
- Labybird (Large spotted) Harmonia conformis .
- Ladybird (Mealybug) Cryptolaemus montrouzieri .
- Ladybird (Southern) Cleobora mellyi .
- Ladybird (Steelblue) Halmus chalybeus .
- Ladybird (Two spotted) Adalia bipunctata .
- Ladybird (Variable) Coelophora inaequalis .
- Ladybird (Yellow-shouldered) Apolinus lividigaster .
- Leaf Miners .
- Lice (Head) Pediculus humanus capitis .
- Locust (Migratory) Locusta migratoria .
- Millipedes .
- Millipedes (Family: Blaniulidae) .
- Millipede (Genus: Eumastigonus) .
- Millipede (Genus: Procyliosoma) Pill millipede .
- Millipede (Genus: Schedotrigona) .
- Millipede (Genus: Siphonophora) .
- Praying mantis (African) Miomantis caffra .
- Praying mantis (New Zealand) Orthodera novaezealandiae) .
- Psyllid (Jumping plant lice) .
- Psyllid (Pittosporum) Trioza vitreoradiata .
- Psyllid (Pseudopanax) Trioza panacis .
- Psyllid (Tomato/Potato psyllid) Bactericera cockerelli .
- Scale (Chinese wax) Ceroplastes sinensis .
- Scale (Cottony cushion scale) Icerya purchasi .
- Scale (Hemispherical scale) Saissetia coffeae .
- Scale (Peppercorn) Epelidochiton piperis .
- Springtail (Holacanthella paucispinosa) .
- Springtail (Globular) Order: Symphypleona .
- Springtail (Order: Poduromorpha) .
- Stick Insect (Phasmid species) .
- Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri) Brown form .
- Stick Insect (Clitarchus hookeri) Green form .
- Stick insect (Gaint) Argosarchus horridus .
- Stick insect (Spiny) Micrarchus hystriculeus .
- Stick insect (Ridgebacked) Tectarchus ovobessus .
- Stick insect (Unidentified) .
- Termites (Epifamily Termitoidae) .
- Tick (Cattle) Haemaphysalis longicornis .
- Weevil (Black spined) Scolopterus penicillatus .
- Weevil (Broad-nosed) Entiminae sub family .
- Weevil (Buddleja leaf) Cleopus japonicus .
- Weevil (Catoptes binodis) .
- Weevil (Clover Root ) Sitona lepidus .
- Weevil (Elephant) Rhynchodes ursus .
- Weevil (Fuller's rose weevil) Naupactus godmanni .
- Weevil (Fungus) Family: Anthribidae .
- Weevil (Fungus) Sharpius brouni .
- Weevil (Garden) Phlyctinus callosus .
- Weevil (Grain) Sitophilus granarius .
- Weevil (Horsetail weevil) Grypus equiseti .
- Weevil (Longnosed kauri weevil) Mitrastethus baridioides .
- Weevil (Pea weevil) Bruchus pisorum .
- Weevil (Rice) Sitophilus oryzae .
- Weevil (White-fringed) Naupactus leucoloma .
- Weta (Bush) Genus: Macropathini Species 1 .
- Weta (Bush) Genus: Macropathini Species 2 .
- Weta (Cave) Auckland (Gymnoplectron acanthocera) .
- Weta (Cave) Goldmine (Gymnoplectron uncata) .
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- Weta (Cave) Genus: Neonetus .
- Weta (Cave) Talitropsis sediloti .
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- Weta (Giant) Cook Strait (Deinacrida rugosa) .
- Weta (Giant) Little Barrier Island (Deinacrida heteracantha) .
- Weta (Giant) Mahoenui (Deinacrida mahoenui) .
- Weta (Giant) Poor Knights (Deinacrida fallai) .
- Weta (Ground weta) Genus: Hemiandrus .
- Weta (Ground) Hemiandrus pallitarsis .
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Lacewing (Tasmanian lacewing) Micromus tasmania
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)
Subfamily: Microminae
Genus: Micromus
Species: M. tasmaniae
Binominal name: Micromus tasmaniae
Synonyms: Austromicromus tasmaniae, Hemerobius tasmaniae, Eumicromus tasmaniae, Neomicromus tasmaniae.
Common name: Tasmanian lacewing
Micromus tasmaniae is a widespread lacewing that came from Australia and is now in New Zealand, where it occurs in grassland, vegetable crops, field crops, cereals where it is a useful biological control agent of aphids.
The adults are brown with two pairs of hairy wings that are held roof-like over their slender bodies. They are 7.5-10 mm long, have small heads with large black compound eyes and long antennae that are held out in front. They have ears on their wings and feed on insects at night.
For more details visit: http://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/OrganismProfile/Tasmanian_lacewing_-_Micromus_tasmaniae.html
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