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Name	Summary	Subject categories
Eugarie	The Eugarie (also known as the Common Pipi) is a mollusc that is a very common shell on surf beaches. Dead and broken shells of this species are a common feature on the shoreline. It is found Australia-wide.	Molluscs Bivalves
Lotus Flower Nudibranch	The Lotus Flower Nudibranch lives on shallow water reefs (intertidal down to 30 m) where it feeds on the polyps of hydroids (sea ferns). It occurs in temperate, subtropical and tropical Australia.	Molluscs Gastropods Nudibranchs
Scaly Scallop	The Scaly Scallop, as its common name implies, is sculptured with numerous, short vertical scales. The species grows to 60-70 mm and is fished commercially in southern Australian states. It is widespread along the Australian coast.	Molluscs Bivalves
Garden Butterflies	Butterflies are common visitors to backyards and a wide variety of species drop in to feed on nectar from blossoms. Some are regular garden-dwellers, their caterpillars feeding on widely-grown garden plants or street trees. A few species are even pests of citrus, palms and vegetables.	Insects Butterflies
Tusked Frog	The Tusked Frog is medium sized. It is back is brown with dark blotches. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales.	Frogs
Red-triangle Slug	The Red-triangle Slug is common in the greater Brisbane region of south-eastern Queensland. This species which lives in coastal forests from around Wollongong NSW north to Mossman in northern Qld has many colour forms.	Molluscs Gastropods Land snails
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.	Insects Damselflies
Springs Flatwing	The Springs Flatwing is a moderately large damselfly that inhabits small streams and boggy seepages in wet forest, particularly rainforest. The adults are black with metallic green iridescence with yellow to orange-yellow markings on the thorax.	Insects Damselflies
Green Emperor	The Green Emperor is a huge dragonfly with a green thorax and a thick abdomen that inhabits a range of standing waters and sometimes larger streams and rivers.	Insects Dragonflies
Flame Flatwing	The Flame Flatwing is a large, orange and black damselfly that inhabits creeks, streams, and boggy pools in rainforest and other wet forests. It is very similar to the Golden Flatwing but the distributions of the two species do not overlap.	Insects Damselflies
Slender Skimmer	The Slender Skimmer is a medium-sized, greenish yellow to green and black dragonfly that inhabits a wide range of standing and slow-flowing waters. It is very similar to the Green Skimmer.	Insects Dragonflies
Golden Flatwing	The Golden Flatwing is a large, orange and black damselfly that inhabits creeks, streams, and boggy pools in rainforest and other wet forests. It is very similar to the Flame Flatwing but the distributions of the two species do not overlap.	Insects Damselflies
Redclaw	Redclaw crayfish make short burrows around the waterline, or underneath submerged rocks and fallen trees. Introduced to south-east Queensland through aquaculture, farm dams, and aquarium interests, and now feral in Lake Samsonvale, Wivenhoe Dam, and freshwater sections of Bremer and Brisbane Rivers.	Crustaceans
Australian Emperor	The Australian Emperor is a large dragonfly with a greyish thorax and yellowish abdomen with black markings. It inhabits a wide range of standing waters and sluggish rivers.	Insects Dragonflies
Red-mouthed Stromb	The Red-mouthed Stromb is one of the most abundant and widespread of the Indo-Pacific stromb species. This species can be very common at certain muddy-sand, seagrass and lagoonal localities and is a prized food in many parts of Melanesia, and hence harvested commercially.	Molluscs Gastropods Marine snails
Forest Darner	The Forest Darner is a large, brown to dark brown dragonfly with pale stripes and spots. It inhabits streams and rivers running through rainforest and other wet forests.	Insects Dragonflies
Chalky Percher	The Chalky Percher is a small dragonfly that inhabits standing waters, including lakes, ponds, swamps and temporary pools. Mature males have most of the body covered in a pale bluish powdery coating and black tip to the abdomen. Young adults are yellowish with black markings.	Insects Dragonflies
Red Swampdragon	The Red Swampdragon is a medium-sized dragonfly that inhabits swamps, and shaded dams and pools along streams and watercourses. Mature males have yellow thorax with dark markings and a thin red abdomen with a black tip.	Insects Dragonflies
Wallum Darner	The Wallum Darner is a large, brown to black dragonfly with pale stripes and spots. It inhabits sandy streams running through heathland and littoral rainforest in coastal sand masses.	Insects Dragonflies
Arrowhead Rockmaster	The Arrowhead Rockmaster is a very large, robust damselfly that inhabits streams and fast-flowing rivers, usually in wetter forests. Mature males are patterned with blue and black, while females are much more sombrely coloured.	Insects Damselflies

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