Search & Identify Creatures that are not Caterpillars in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) and Stella Crossley

Some Arthropods and their larvae look like Caterpillars but are from other orders:

Sawfly larvae	'C' grubs,	Fig Leaf Beetle Grubs	Gum Leaf Beetle Grubs	Dendrobium Beetle Grubs
Fungus-eating Ladybird larvae	Yellow Ladybird larvae	Bardee Grubs	Soldier Fly Maggots	Rat Tailed Fly Maggots
Silky Lacewings	Mealy Bugs	Millipedes	Velvet Worms	House Centipedes
Bush Centipedes	Sandworms / Ragworms	egg-sac Christmas Spider	egg-sacs Magnificent Bolas Spider	egg-case Praying Mantis

Case-bearing Beetle larva

Hover Fly larva

Australian Caterpillar Identification

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian caterpillars

Australian Not Moths

(updated 23 July 2013, 5 April 2025)