Diptera |
Two-winged flies |
Common name & details |
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Aedes polynesiensis | Female Fijian day-flying mosquito - feeding and full of blood |
Ephemeroptera |
Mayflies |
Common name & details |
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Ameletopsis perscitus | Carnivorous New Zealand mayfly larva |
Colorubiscus humeralis | Common New Zealand mayfly larva | |
Deleatidium | Common New Zealand mayfly larva | |
Hemiptera |
Sucking bugs |
Common name & details |
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Anisops assimilis | Common New Zealand backswimmer |
Leptoglossus australis | Bug (Fiji) | |
Lethocerus sp. Giant water bug | Giant water bug (Belize) | |
Mantodea |
Praying mantids |
Common name & details |
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Acanthops species | Dead leaf mantid, Semuc Champey, Guatemala |
Choeradodis rhombicollis | Hooded mantis, Las Cruces, Costa Rica | |
Unidentified mantis | Atta, Guyana | |
Neuroptera |
Antlions and Dobsonflies |
Common name & details |
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Archichauliodes diversus | Toebiter, New Zealand |
Orthoptera |
Crickets, locusts and kin |
Common name & details |
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Deinacrida mahoenui | Mahoenui weta |
Deinacrida rugosa | Cook Strait weta | |
Gymnoplectron edwardsi | Cave weta | |
Hemideina broughi | West Coast tree weta | |
Karamea cave weta | Karamea cave weta | |
Motuweta isolata | Middle Island tusked weta (male) aka Mercury Island tusked weta (New Zealand) | |
Yestria azureus | Abel's Katydid (Belize) | |
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