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Elegant Squat Lobster The Elegant Squat Lobster has longitudinal stripes, and grows up to 15 mm in length. It is found in Northern Australia; Indo-West Pacific, east Africa to Fiji.
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Coral Swimmer Crab The Coral Swimmer Crab reaches up to 160 mm in carapace width. It occurs in Australia, except for the southern coast; Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Japan.
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Three-spotted Swimmer Crab The Three-spotted Swimmer Crab is common, trawled in Moreton Bay and adjacent coastal waters. Often swims at surface at night.
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Rose Barnacle Rose Barnacles occur on rocks at the seaward edge of rocky shores, and are able to tolerate strong wave activity. They are found in eastern Australia and southern Western Australia.
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Brown Tiger Prawn The Brown Tiger Prawn is a large, banded prawn growing to 235 mm in length. It occurs on mud or sandy mud, and is found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to central NSW.
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European Garden Snail The European Garden Snail is a very common garden and agricultural pest originally from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, but is now a widespread invader throughout the world. Occurs throughout most of southern and eastern Australia and northwards to the Atherton Tablelands in north-eastern Queensland.
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River Swimming Crab The River Swimming Crab is found under rocks in shallow water, from estuarine mangroves up-river to fresh water. Tropical Australia south to central NSW.
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Hairy Swimmer Crab The Hairy Swimmer Crab is a very stout, solidly built swimming crab that can grow to 145 mm in carapace width. It occurs in northern Australia from Exmouth Gulf, WA, to Sydney.
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Horn-eyed Ghost Crab The Horn-eyed Ghost Crab is common on the open beach below frontal dunes in the intertidal zone. Most active at night. It is found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to northern NSW.
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Smooth-handed Ghost Crab The Smooth-handed Ghost Crab can be found on top of frontal dunes to about 200 m inland. It is often seen scurrying about beach campsites. It occurs in northern Australia from Kimberley, WA, to northern NSW.
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Evening Brown The Evening Brown butterfly rests on the ground during the day and flies at dusk. The green caterpillars have horned heads and feed on a variety of grasses.
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Pygmy Wisp The Pygmy Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits ponds, swamps and fringes of dams and lakes with plentiful aquatic vegetation. Mature males are dark brown or black with greenish markings and a reddish tip to the abdomen. Young females are mostly red and become black and green as they age.
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Red-rumped Wisp The Red-rumped Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits a variety of standing water habitats, including small, well-vegetated ponds, dams and swamps. It is very similar to the Pgymy Wisp but males have more of the tip of the abdomen reddish. However, only female Red-rumped Wisps are known from south-east Queensland.
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