Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Odonata

White-legged Damselfly

Platycnemis pennipes

32-37 mm body length
Odonata

Widow Skimmer

Libellula luctuosa

60-68 mm wingspan
Odonata Vulnerable

Yellow-spotted Tree Damselfly

Platycypha caligata

3-4 cm
Odonata

Yellow-striped Flutterer

Rhyothemis phyllis

28-35mm
Odonata

Yellow-winged Darter

Sympetrum flaveolum

32-37 mm
Onychophora

New Zealand Peripatus

Peripatoides novaezealandiae

30-80 mm
Orthoptera

African Cave Cricket

Ceuthophilus meridionalis

15-25 mm
Orthoptera Data Deficient

African Cave Cricket

Phaeophilacris spectrum

15-25 mm
Orthoptera

African Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria migratorioides

40-55 mm
Orthoptera

African Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa africana

30-40 mm
Orthoptera

Alpine Dark Bush-cricket

Pholidoptera aptera

18-26 mm body length
Orthoptera

Alpine Grasshopper

Kosciuscola tristis

Body 20-30 mm
Orthoptera

Alpine Long-horned Grasshopper

Anonconotus alpinus

15-22 mm body length
Orthoptera

Andean Giant Weta Relative

Cratomelus armatus

30-50 mm
Orthoptera

Angular-winged Pygmy Grasshopper

Tettix japonica

8-12 mm
Orthoptera

Ant Cricket

Myrmecophilus acervorum

2-3 mm
Orthoptera

Aquatic Pygmy Grasshopper

Scelimena producta

12-18 mm
Orthoptera

Arabian Desert Grasshopper

Sphingonotus rubescens

20-30 mm
Orthoptera

Armored Ground Cricket

Acanthoplus discoidalis

40-50mm
Orthoptera

Armoured Ground Cricket

Acanthoplus longipes

45-60 mm
Orthoptera

Australian King Cricket

Australostylus montanus

Body 30-50 mm
Orthoptera

Australian Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa pluvialis

30-45 mm
Orthoptera

Australian Plague Locust

Chortoicetes terminifera

25-40 mm
Orthoptera

Balkan Cave Cricket

Troglophilus cavicola

12-20 mm
Orthoptera Endangered

Banks Peninsula Tree Weta

Hemideina ricta

35-50 mm
Orthoptera

Bark Mimic Grasshopper

Chorotypus gallinaceus

30-50 mm
Orthoptera

Black Field Cricket

Teleogryllus commodus

Body 25-30 mm
Orthoptera

Bladder Grasshopper

Bullacris membracioides

50-70 mm
Orthoptera

Blue-winged Grasshopper

Oedipoda caerulescens

15-28mm
Orthoptera Near Threatened

Bog Bush-cricket

Metrioptera brachyptera

13-20mm
Orthoptera Not Evaluated

Bombay Locust

Nomadacris succincta

50-70 mm
Orthoptera Not Evaluated

Bornean Monkey Grasshopper

Erianthus versicolor

18-25 mm
Orthoptera

Broad-backed Grouse Locust

Nomotettix cristatus

8-12 mm
Orthoptera

Brown Locust

Locustana pardalina

30-45 mm
Orthoptera

Canterbury Tree Weta

Hemideina femorata

Body 35-40 mm
Orthoptera Vulnerable

Cape Mountain Katydid

Pseudosaga incerta

40-60mm
Orthoptera

Carolina Grasshopper

Dissosteira carolina

28-50 mm
Orthoptera

Cave Cricket

Ceuthophilus secretus

12-20 mm
Orthoptera

Cave Cricket

Ceuthophilus gracilipes

10-20 mm
Orthoptera

Cave Weta

Gymnoplectron acanthocerum

30-50 mm body
Orthoptera

Central American Locust

Schistocerca piceifrons

45-65 mm
Orthoptera

Changa Mole Cricket

Scapteriscus didactylus

30-40 mm
Orthoptera

Cloaked Groundhopper

Tetrix ceperoi

7-10 mm
Orthoptera

Common Cone-head

Conocephalus fuscus

12-18mm
Orthoptera

Common Field Grasshopper

Chorthippus brunneus

14-24 mm
Orthoptera

Common Green Grasshopper

Omocestus viridulus

14-24 mm
Orthoptera

Common Groundhopper

Tetrix undulata

8-11 mm
Orthoptera

Cone-Head Katydid

Copiphora rhinoceros

40-60 mm
Orthoptera

Cone-headed Katydid

Neoconocephalus ensiger

45-60 mm
Orthoptera

Congo Basin Katydid

Enyaliopsis petersi

50-70 mm
Orthoptera Vulnerable

Cook Strait Giant Weta

Deinacrida rugosa

60-70 mm body length
Orthoptera Data Deficient

Cooloola Monster

Cooloola propator

15-25 mm
Orthoptera Vulnerable

Cumberland Plateau Cave Cricket

Hadenoecus cumberlandicus

15-25 mm
Orthoptera

Dark Bush-cricket

Pholidoptera griseoaptera

15-20mm
Orthoptera

Dead Leaf Katydid

Typophyllum erosum

40-60 mm
Orthoptera Not Evaluated

Denticerus Pygmy Mole Cricket

Denticerus raui

5-7 mm
Orthoptera

Desert Clicker Grasshopper

Ligurotettix coquilletti

18-25 mm
Orthoptera

Desert Locust

Schistocerca gregaria

45-60 mm
Orthoptera

Differential Grasshopper

Melanoplus differentialis

28-50 mm
Orthoptera Not Evaluated

Dominican Amber Cricket

Amphiacusta annulipes

12-18 mm
Orthoptera

Dragon-Headed Katydid

Lesina intermedia

35-50 mm
Orthoptera

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

Romalea microptera

50-80 mm
Orthoptera

Egyptian Grasshopper

Anacridium aegyptium

55-70mm
Orthoptera

Elegant Bush Cricket

Euconocephalus nasutus

45-65mm
Orthoptera

Elegant Cave Cricket

Ceuthophilus elegans

12-18 mm
Orthoptera

Elegant Grasshopper

Zonocerus elegans

25-40 mm
Orthoptera

Ellipes Pygmy Mole Cricket

Ellipes minuta

3-5 mm
Orthoptera

European Cave Cricket

Dolichopoda linderi

12-20 mm
Orthoptera

Fall Field Cricket

Gryllus pennsylvanicus

15-25 mm
Orthoptera

Field Cricket

Gryllus campestris

20-26 mm
Orthoptera

Fiordland Cave Weta

Pachyrhamma waitomoensis

20-40 mm body, legs much longer
Orthoptera

Foam Grasshopper

Dictyophorus spumans

50-80 mm
Orthoptera Data Deficient

Formidable Pygmy Grasshopper

Notocerus formidabilis

8-12 mm
Orthoptera Vulnerable

Galapagos Flightless Katydid

Nesoecia cooksoni

40-60 mm
Orthoptera

Giant Amazonian Cricket

Brachytrupes megacephalus

35-55 mm
Orthoptera

Giant Amazonian Katydid

Stilpnochlora couloniana

55-80 mm body length
Orthoptera

Giant Grasshopper

Valanga irregularis

60-75 mm
Orthoptera

Giant Grasshopper

Tropidacris collaris

80-100 mm
Orthoptera Data Deficient

Giant Long-Legged Katydid

Macrolyristes corporalis

100-150 mm body
Orthoptera

Giant Malaysian Cricket

Brachytrupes portentosus

40-60 mm
Orthoptera Data Deficient

Giant Malaysian Katydid

Arachnacris corporalis

80-100 mm body
Orthoptera

Giant Red-winged Grasshopper

Tropidacris cristata

90-120 mm
Orthoptera

Granulated Pygmy Grasshopper

Tetrix arenosa

9-13 mm
Orthoptera

Gray Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca nitens

35-55 mm
Orthoptera

Great Green Bush-Cricket

Tettigonia viridissima

28-42 mm
Orthoptera

Greater Arid-Land Katydid

Neobarrettia spinosa

50-65 mm
Orthoptera

Greenhouse Camel Cricket

Diestrammena asynamora

13-20mm
Orthoptera

Greenhouse Stone Cricket

Tachycines asynamorus

13-19mm
Orthoptera

Grey Bush-Cricket

Platycleis albopunctata

16-22 mm
Orthoptera

Gumleaf Grasshopper

Goniaea australasiae

Body 40-55 mm
Orthoptera Endangered

Hawaiian Predatory Cricket

Leptogryllus deceptor

10-15 mm
Orthoptera

Hemiandrus Ground Weta

Hemiandrus maculifrons

15-25 mm
Orthoptera

Hooded Leaf Katydid

Phyllophorella queenslandica

30-45 mm
Orthoptera

Horse-head Grasshopper

Pseudoproscopia scabra

60-100 mm
Orthoptera

House Cricket

Acheta domesticus

16-21 mm
Orthoptera

Indian Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa krishnani

25-35 mm
Orthoptera

Italian Cave Cricket

Dolichopoda geniculata

12-18 mm
Orthoptera

Italian Locust

Calliptamus italicus

15-35 mm
Orthoptera

Italian Tree Cricket

Oecanthus pellucens

10-15mm
Orthoptera

Jamaican Field Cricket

Gryllus assimilis

15-25 mm