Insects

We have documented only a small fraction of the insect life on our site, but have found some fascinating species, from bombadier beetles to fireflies and stingless bees.

Butterflies & moths       

Cossidae

Endoxyla sp     Giant wood moth. Larvae are wood borers

Hesperiidae

Cephrenes augiades Palm dart, larvae feed on palm leaves

Lymantriidae

Leptocneria reducta      White cedar moth . Larvae bore shoot tips of Melia azaderach. 

Lycaenidae

Holochila absimilis Pencilled blue Brachychiton acerifolium

Zizina labradus                  Grass blue  Grasses

Danis hymetus Small green-banded blue  Alphitonia excelsa

Nymphalidae

Heteronympha merope Common brown. Larvae feed on grasses

Heteronympha mirifica Wonder brown. Larvae on grasses, esp. Oplismenus

Tisiphone aboena   Swordgrass brown . Larvae feed on Gahnia sp.   

Euploea core      Australian crow. Larvae feed on figs

Papilionidae

Polyura sempronius Tailed emperor. Larvae feed on wattles

Papilio aegeus   Orchard butterfly . Larvae feed on  Rutaceae, often citrus trees

Papilio anactus   Dingy swallowtail. On  Rutaceae, often citrus trees
Graphium macleayanum Macleays swallowtail.  Larvae feed on Doryphora sassafras

Graphium sarpedon choredon Blue triangle . On Doryphora sassafras

Danaus plexippus Wanderer. Feeds on members of Asclepiadaceae

Pieridae

Delias nigrina Jezabel. Larvae cared for by ants, feed on Mistletoes

Belnois java  Caper white. Larvae feed on Capparis sp inland, and adults migrate to coastal areas.

Pyralidae

Hypsipyla robusta      Cedar tip moth. Larvae bore into shoot tips of Toona ciliata

Thrips

Gynaikothrips australis makes little galls on the undersides of the leaves of the figs Ficus obliqua and F. rubiginosa, which then curl.