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Garden Butterflies
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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.
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Insects
Butterflies |
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Australian Tiger
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The Australian Tiger is a large, black and yellow dragonfly that inhabits rivers, lagoons, lakes and larger ponds.
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Insects
Dragonflies |
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Common Archtail
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The Common Archtail is a small, black and yellow dragonfly that inhabits streams and rivers. The adults perch with the abdomen held in a distinctive curved arch.
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Insects
Dragonflies |
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Compasses
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A historical look at navigation through compasses in the Queensland Museum Collection.
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Mud Whelks
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The Hercules Club Mud Whelk is one of the most abundant larger-sized marine snails in Queensland. Its range extends from Cairns in north Queensland along the Queensland coast south to Tasmania. The Australian Mud Whelk commonly occurs with the Hercules Club Mud Whelk, and the juvenile stages of the two species can often be confused.
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Molluscs
Gastropods Marine snails |
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Red-mouthed Stromb
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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.
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Molluscs
Gastropods Marine snails |
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Red-triangle Slug
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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.
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Molluscs
Gastropods Land snails |
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Steve Irwin's Treesnail
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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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Molluscs
Gastropods Land snails |
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Giant Squid
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Giant Squid are among the world's largest molluscs (the longest recorded being approximately 13 metres), and heaviest invertebrates (up to half a tonne). Only the Colossal Squid is thought to be larger (14 metres).
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Molluscs
Cephalopods |
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Cart-rut Whelk
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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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Molluscs
Gastropods Marine snails |
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