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Most diverse insect orders in Australia:
Beetles and weevils (Coleoptera)
Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera)
Ants, bees and wasps (Hymenoptera)
Flies and mosquitoes (Diptera)
Bugs, aphids and hoppers (Hemiptera)
Grasshoppers, crickets and katydids (Orthoptera)
Spiders and their relatives:
Spiders (Araneae)
Scorpions (Scorpionidae)
Mites and ticks (Acarina)
Harvestmen (Opiliones)
False Scorpions (Pseudoscorpionida)
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Insects with aquatic larvae:
Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)
Stoneflies (Plecoptera)
Dobsonflies and alderflies (Megaloptera)
Caddis flies (Trichoptera)
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Insects without wings:
Bristletails (Archaeognatha)
Silverfish (Thysanura)
Fleas (Siphonaptera)
Lice (Phthiraptera)
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The pseudo insects:
Springtails (Collembola)
Diplurans (Diplura)
Proturans (Protura)
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Other insect orders:
Lacewings and antlions (Neuroptera)
Cockroaches (Blattodea)
Praying mantids (Mantodea)
Termites (Isoptera)
Earwigs (Dermaptera)
Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
Web spinners (Embioptera)
Booklice (Psocoptera)
Thrips (Thysanoptera)
Stylopids (Strepsiptera)
Scorpionflies (Mecoptera)
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Other non-insect invertebrates:
Snails and slugs (Gastropoda)
Worms (Annelida)
Centipedes (Chilopoda)
Millipedes (Diplopoda)
Slaters (Isopoda)
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