Sullivans Creek, Acton species
Overview
Sullivans Creek has been identified as an important ecological corridor for aquatic and riparian wildlife through the urban fabric of Canberra, as well as a significant cultural site for Ngunnawal people. Sullivans Creek starts in Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve, in Gungahlin, and flows through to Lake Burley Griffin before water finally enters the Molonglo River.
Moderators
become a moderatorLithosiini (tribe) (Footman)
Mutillidae (family) (Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant)
Nematus oligospilus (Willow sawfly)
Nesogaster ruficeps (Red-headed earwig)
Nososticta solida (Orange Threadtail)
Odontomyrme sp. (genus) (A velvet ant)
Opodiphthera (genus) (A gum moth)
Orcus bilunulatus (Ladybird beetle)
Orthetrum caledonicum (Blue Skimmer)
Orthodera ministralis (Green Mantid)
Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly)
Pentatomoidea (superfamily) (Unidentified Shield or Stink bug)
Platisus sp. (genus) (Flat bark beetle)
Pompilidae (family) (Unidentified Spider wasp)
Simosyrphus grandicornis (Common hover fly)
Stigmacros sp. (genus) (An Ant)
Synthemis eustalacta (Swamp Tigertail)
Thereutria amaraca (Spine-legged Robber Fly)
Tuberolachnus salignus (Giant willow aphid)
Unplaced externaria (Mahogany Bark Moth (formerly Hypomecis externaria))
Land area
33.57
ha
ha
Survey effort
24.1
sightings per ha
sightings per ha
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Insects
- Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
- Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
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Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Click beetles (Elateridae)
- Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
- Carab beetles (Carabidae)
- Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
- Lady beetles (Coccinellidae)
- Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
- Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
- Stag beetles (Lucanidae)
- Water beetles (several families)
- Weevils (Curculionoidea)
- Other beetles
- Checkered Beetles (Cleridae)
- Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)
- Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
- Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
- Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)
- Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
- Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
- Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
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Moths (Lepidoptera)
- Anthelid moths (Anthelidae)
- Case moths (Psychidae)
- Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)
- Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
- Emperor moths (Saturniidae)
- Geometer moths (Geometridae)
- Hawk moths (Sphingidae)
- Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
- Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)
- Sun moths (Castniidae)
- Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)
- Tiger moths (Arctiinae)
- Tortricid moths (Tortricidae)
- Wood moths (Cossidae)
- Other moths
- Praying mantises (Mantodea)
- Primitive insects
- Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)
- Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
- Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
- Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
- True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
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True flies (Diptera)
- Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
- Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
- Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
- Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
- Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)
- Hover flies (Syrphidae)
- Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
- March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
- Mydas flies (Mydidae)
- Pelecorhynchid flies (Pelecorhynchidae)
- Robber flies (Asilidae)
- Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
- Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
- Other true flies
- Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
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Other insects
- Plant Lice (Psocodea, Pscoptera, several families)
- Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
- Dobsonflies & Alderflies (Megaloptera)
- Earwigs (Dermaptera)
- Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
- Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (Mecoptera)
- Stoneflies (Plecoptera)
- Termites (superfamily Termitoidea)
- Thrips (Thysanoptera)
- Webspinners (Embioptera)
- Fleas (Siphonaptera)
- Lice (Psocodea, Phthiraptera, several families)
- Lacewings (Neuroptera)
- Unidentified Insect Galls
