SPIDERS, INSECTS & BUGS OF MAGNETIC ISLAND

Unique environments call for a unique combination of spiders, insects and bugs including:

Australian Emperor Anax papuensis
Green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina
Black-spotted flash Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas
Tawny coster Acraea terpsicore
Swamp tiger Danaus affinis affinis
Lesser wanderer Danaus petilia
Common crow Euploea corinna
Blue-banded eggfly Hypolimnas alimena lamina
Varied eggfly Hypolimnas bolina nerina

GREEN TREE ANTS - OUR INDUSTRIOUS WORKERS!

Green Tree Ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) is a species of arboreal ant found in tropical Asia and Australia. These ants form colonies with multiple nests in trees, each nest being made of leaves stitched together using the silk produced by the ant larvae.
(Source: Wikipedia)

(Photo: Tim Hempstead)

(Photo: Tim Hempstead)

(Photo: Tim Hempstead)

(Photo: Tim Hempstead)

(Photo: Tim Hempstead)

(Photo: Tim Hempstead)

Help us build the Magnetic Island Environmental Resource Centre!

ECOSYSTEMS  |  GEOLOGY  |  WORLD HERITAGE |
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