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Inland Freshwater Crab The Inland Freshwater Crab is common throughout the semi-desert central and northern parts of Australia extending south into the upper reaches of the Darling River System.
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Bulburin Leaf-tailed Gecko (Ringed Thin-tail Gecko) The Bulburin Leaf-tailed Gecko (Ringed Thin-tail Gecko) is largely restricted to Bulburin State Forest, south-eastern Queensland.
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Purple Swift-footed Shore Crab The Purple Swift-footed Shore Crab is found on rocky coasts exposed to strong surf. It shelters in crevices and under rocks from mid to high tide mark. Occurs from southern to subtropical Australia.
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Garden Slater The Garden Slater belongs to a group of Crustacea called the Isopoda. Isopods sometimes resemble amphipods, but their bodies tend to be low and flattened rather than high and narrow. They are common in suburban gardens.
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Pyramid Periwinkle The Pyramid Periwinkle is one of several periwinkle species that commonly live on our rocky shores. It grows to about 20 mm in length, is very common in the high intertidal zone, and ranges from southern Queensland around southern Australia to Fremantle, WA.
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Cart-rut Whelk The Cart-rut Whelk is instantly identified by its deeply grooved shell sculpture (like the marks left by a cart in mud). This species lives exclusively in high energy rocky shorelines or platforms, often at or just below the tideline. It is found on the eastern and southern coasts of Australia and also New Zealand.
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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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Imperial Barnacle The Imperial Barnacle is found towards low water level on oceanic rocky shores, but not in areas subject to severe wave action. It occurs in eastern Australia.
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Banana Prawn The Banana Prawn grows to 240 mm in length. It is widespread, found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to northern NSW; also from the Red Sea into Asia.
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Royal Barnacle The Royal Barnacle is common on rocks on exposed rocky headlands, lower tidal zone down to about 9 m depth. It occurs from southern Australia north to Queensland.
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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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Central Queensland Leaf-tailed Gecko (Rough-throated Leaf-tailed Gecko) The Central Queensland Leaf-tailed Gecko (Rough-throated Leaf-tailed Gecko) is mainly known from dry areas in mid-eastern and south-central Queensland.
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Steve Irwin's Treesnail Steve Irwin's Treesnail is a strikingly coloured treesnail described in 2009 in memory of the late Steve Irwin, wildlife warrior, environmental educator and Queensland Museum medalist. It occurs in the Central Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland.
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Fox Dove Snail The Fox Dove Snail is well known for its bold and often complex shell colouration. The animals are mostly carnivorous, but some species have secondarily become herbivorous. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Variable Mitre The Variable Mitre is one of the commonest mitre snails (family Mitridae) from the Indo-Pacific region and often encountered both intertidally and subtidally, normally hiding under large rocks or dead coral slabs. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
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Mud Dauber Wasp Mud-dauber wasps build mud nests in sheltered situations such as caves, overhangs or even inside buildings. They are found across mainland Australia.
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Spike-top Apple Snail Apple Snails are freshwater snails commonly sold in the aquarium trade for the purpose of keeping aquarium glass clean of algae. However, if released, these snails, native to South America, are a potentially serious biological threat to the waterways of Australia.
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Common Garden Spiders Spiders are ubiquitous in gardens, houses and urban environments throughout Queensland, and a wide variety of species can easily be found, especially in the eastern tropics and subtropics. The species accounts below highlight some of the more frequently encountered species in Queensland backyards.
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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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