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Praying mantises: Order Mantodea
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/praying-mantises-order-mantodea/Stick insects and praying mantids were once treated as orthopterans (with grasshoppers, locusts, crickets and katydids) but are now in their own orders - Phasmatodea and Mantodea respectively.
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Ctenotus - Australian Lizards
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/ctenotus-australian-lizards/The largest group of lizards in Australia belong to the genus Ctenotus. There are nearly 100 species in this genus. They are found throughout much of Australia, but are most diverse in the desert regions and tropical woodlands of Australia's north.
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Long-spined Sea Urchin
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/sea-stars/invertebrates-collection-long-spined-sea-urchin/These specimens of Long-spined Sea Urchin, Diadema savignyi, were collected during an Australian Museum expedition to Swain Reefs, Queensland.
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Phantom Phasmids
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/entomology-collection-phantom-phasmids/The Lord Howe Island Phasmid or Land Lobster, Dryococelus australis, may be the rarest insect in the world and is possibly also the rarest invertebrate.
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Funnel-web Spiders
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/funnel-web-spiders-group/Funnel-web spiders, the most notorious members of our spider fauna, are found in eastern Australia.
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Wasps: Suborder Apocrita
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/wasps-suborder-apocrita/Wasps are a diverse group of insects. In Australia alone there are over 12,000 species, ranging from the tiny diapriid wasps, which are barely visible to the naked eye, to the spider wasps and cicada-killer wasps, capable of
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Leaf and Stick Insects: Order Phasmatodea
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/leaf-and-stick-insects-order-phasmatodea/Phasmids are insects that eat leaves and resemble leaves or sticks.
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Cockroaches: Order Blattodea
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/cockroaches-order-blattodea/The mere mention of cockroaches brings about a strong reaction in many people. However, the fast moving, shiny, black or brown cockroaches commonly encountered by people in their homes are almost never native Australian cockr
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Australia through time learning journey
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning-journeys/australia-through-time/Follow this learning journey to deepen your knowledge and understanding of evolution and Australia through time.
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A virtual visit behind the scenes in Palaeontology
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/classroom-activities/virtual-behind-the-scenes/Explore some of the amazing galleries in virtual reality or 360 and go behind the scenes to meet some of our experts and learn about fossils, classification and adaptations.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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