A springtail A proturan A dipluran feeding on decaying organic matter A bristletail A silverfish A mayfly A damselfly resting on a leaf A stonefly photographed near a stream in Tasmania A giant burrowing cockroach A female cockroach carrying an egg case (ootheca) Newly emerged nymphs around an egg case A native cockroach A giant burrowing cockroach perched on a rock A soldier caste termite A praying mantid camouflaged among leaves A North American icecrawler An earwig grasps a caterpillar with its forceps A native earwig A grasshopper A katydid A mole cricket A stick insect camouflaged among grass A giant stick insect A stick insect A winged adult male web-spinner A male and female web-spinner near their silken gallery A web-spinner on lichen A zorapteran A winged psocid barklouse A human pubic or crab louse A human body louse - Pediculus humanus humanus A human head louse - Pediculus humanus capitis A marsupial louse A leafhopper A crusader bug feeding on a bean A thrips An alderfly resting on sedge A green lacewing A mantispid lacewing. Note the similarity to a praying mantid. Mantispids do not have leathery forewings. A green lacewing A male stag beetle A chafer beetle A chafer beetle A ladybird beetle feeding on aphids An adult male strepsipteran A hangfly on vegetation waiting for prey A scorpionfly A scanning electron micrograph of a flea A marsupial flea A cat flea. Cat fleas are usually found on dogs as well as cats. A fly resting on a leaf A hoverfly. Hoverflies have the same colours and shape of wasps and are often mistaken for wasps and bees. A female fruit fly laying eggs in an apple A caddisfly resting on a leaf A grass yellow butterfly A beautiful day-flying moth A grass blue butterfly A skipper A hawk moth A cuckoo wasp A worker bull ant showing the enormous mandibles A female Trichogramma wasp inspecting a moth egg. Trichogramma wasps are parasites and used as biological control agents. A female parasitic wasp laying eggs in another insect's egg