Insect Pests of Commerce, Industry, Accommodation, and Recreation

Cockroaches

German Cockroach
American Cockroach
Australian Cockroach
Smoky Brown Cockroach
Brown-banded Cockroach
Oriental Cockroach

Termites

Mastotermes
Coptotermes
Schedorhinotermes
Heterotermes
Microcerotermes
Nasutitermes
Cryptotermes
Stolotermes
Porotermes
Neotermes
Bifidetermes
Glyptotermes
Ceratokalotermes

Ants

Black House Ant
White-footed house Ant
Acrobat Ant
Ghost Ant
Tyrant Ant
Green-headed Ant
Argentine Ant
Pavement Ant
Black Crazy Ant
Yellow Crazy Ant
Red Imported Fire Ant
Tropical Fire Ant
Little Fire Ant
Coastal Brown Ant
Pharaoh Ant
Odorous Ant
Singapore Ant
Bi-coloured Trailing Ant
Funnel Ant
Southern Meat Ant
Carpenter Ant
Golden Spiny Ant
Bulldog Ant

Spiders

Sydney Funnel-web
Northern Rivers Funnel-web
Sydney Brown Trapdoor
Mouse Spiders
Wolf Spiders
Redback Spider
Huntsman Spiders
Black House Spider
Garden Orb-weaver
St. Andrew’s Cross
Golden Orb-weavers
Leaf-curling Spider
White-tailed Spider
Rofous Net-casting Spider
Daddy-long-legs Spiders
Jumping Spiders
Two-spined Spider
Magnificent Spider
Hairy Imperial Spider
Two-spined Spider
Bird-dropping Spider

Borers

Powderpost Beetle
Furniture Beetle
European House borer
Queensland pine borer
Auger Beetles
Ambrosia Beetles
Jewel Beetles
Bark Beetles
Greenwood Longicorn
Woodmoth
Woodwasps

Stored Product Pests

Cigarette Beetles
Drugstore Beetles
Larger Grain Borer
Lesser Grain Borer
Grain Weevil
Rice Weevil
Maize Weevil
Variegated carpet beetles
Australian carpet Beetle
Black carpet Beetle
Black Larder Beetle
Hide Beetle
Warehouse Beetle
Flat Grain Beetle
Dried Fruit Beetle
Foreign Grain Beetle
Saw-toothed grain beetle
Rust red flour beetle
Confused flour beetle
Spider Beetle
Cocoa Weevil
Bean Weevil
Pea Weevil
Cowpea Weevil
Groundnut bruchid
Broad-horned flour beetle
Long-headed flour beetle
Histerid Beetle
Larger Black Foul Beetle
Indian meal moth
Angoumois grain moth
Case-bearing clothes moths
White-shouldered house moth
Brown house moth
Meal moth
Almond moth
Tobacco moth
Rice moth

Booklice

Psocids/Booklice
Winged Booklice

Bed Bugs

Common Bed Bug
Tropical Bed Bug

Fleas

Lice

Human Head Louse
Human Body Lice
Crab Lice

Flies

House Fly
Bush Fly
Lesser House Fly
Stable Fly
Hairy Maggot Blow fly
Flesh flies
Cheese skipper
Vinegar Fly
Moth flies
Biting midges

Mosquitoes

Anopheles
Aedes
Culex

Silverfish

Ticks

Australian Paralysis Tick
Brown Dog Tick

Mites

Food Mites
Tropical Fowl Mite
Poultry Mite
Bryobia Mite
Straw Itch Mite
Scabies Mite
Grass Itch Mite

Other Arachnids

Scorpions
Pseudocorpions
Harvestmen

Other Arthropods

Australian House centipede
Giant centipede
Orange-footed centipede
Millipede

Social Bees

Solitary Bees

Peacock Carpenter Bee
Great Carpenter Bee
Blue-bandeBee
Teddybear Bee
Reed Bees
Resin Bees
Leafcutter Bees

Wasps

Australian Hornet
Covered-cell Mud Dauber Wasp
Australian paper wasp
Yellow brown paper wasp
European wasp

Birds

European Starling
Indian Myna
Pigeon
House Sparrow
Welcome swallow
Spotted turtle dove
Silver gull
Australian white ibis
Sulphur-crested cockatoo
Torresian crow
Australian Raven
Australian Magpie

Possums

Common ringtail possum
Common brushtail possum

Rodents

Norway Rat
Roof Rat
House Mouse

Lesser Urban Pests

Caterpillars with urticating hairs

Processionary caterpillars
Four-spotted Cup Moth Caterpillar
Mottled Cup Moth Caterpillar
Black Slug Cup Moth Caterpillar

Other Insects

Earwigs
Thrips
African black beetle
Mole Crickets

Crustaceans

Slaters
Amphipods

Lichens

Lichens

Lesser Known Pests of Timber in Service

Pests of Decaying and Decayed Wood

Dampwood Borer
Syndesus cornutus
Pentarthrum australe
Decay Moths
Black larder beetles and Hide beetles
Pergid Sawflies
Solitary Bees