Interactive Bugs

Australian Bugs

Australia's bugs are bigger, louder and brighter than Britain's, and a few have a reputation. Choose a place and one will follow you round it.

Choose a placeSomewhere else

Two places to discover

Backyard A huntsman, a redback, a bull ant, a cicada, a Christmas beetle and a praying mantis. 6 bugs Tropical north A Ulysses butterfly, a birdwing, a rhinoceros beetle, a spiny leaf insect, a peacock spider and a blue-banded bee. 6 bugs

Things to do

A to ZEvery bug on the site in one list, grouped by where it lives. Bugs by typeBeetles together, butterflies together, spiders together, from all over the world. My spotter's listSeen one for real? Tick it off. QuizWho is this? Ten quick questions, and a new set every time.

A long way from anywhere

Australia has been an island for millions of years, so most of its insects and spiders live nowhere else. An estimated two-thirds of them have not yet been named.

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