Insects and small creatures in Ngadjon and English with Genus and Species

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Insects and small creatures in Ngadjon and English with Genus and Species

Insects and Small Creatures
Ngadjon English Genus Species
bayinbam grub in butt of rotten tree

bibaa black wood beetle

bindabinda ladybird beetle

binyjin wasp – black nest in sand

birrbindili bumble bee

budumbarram ant – black in rotten wood

buj imburram stink beetle

bulaa fire fly

bunda ant - small, black, stinging

bundan grasshopper

bungu maggot

bunuu march fly

burgulum ant - big, red, savage

bumggan white ants (nest on ground)

burrngu slug

burru rhinosceros beetle

dalaa locust

damarri centipede

dinggaa piece of jambun (head part)

gaanyjim grub in rotten wood

gaju white ant (nests in trees)

galabaa beetle (lives in logs)

ganguu chrysallis (second stage)

gawaa stripey edible snail

gibajala lice

giinggan ladybird

gija small grub in candlenut tree

gijam ant - very black

ginga hairy mary grub

ginyjalam cricket

girrarum hairy mary grub

girri tick (smaller)

gumbala chrysallis (third stage)

guna chrysallis (first stage)

gunggamburr burtterfly (generic)

gunggamburr moth (generic)

gurrundulu cricket

guuru grub place in log

jaaga black scrub snail

jamarra spider (generic)

jambun grub (generic)

jiyayam grub in blackboy tree

judirr leech on land

jujany locust - brown locust

julari locust - forest locust

maabu lice

magara flat skin of grub after squeezi

manambarr worm , lives in water

mandija small grub on milky pine

maybiny mosquito

mindiliny tick (large)

munu piece of jambun (tail part)

munyimunyi ant - small, black, in house

muyngiriny sand fly

ngalalum house fly

ngubirrbi leech (long, stripey)

niwaa ant - gree tree ant

niwarra nits, lice eggs

nyinyin egg laid by house fly

wamu ant - black sugar ant

wanyjalwanyjal locust - smallest one

wawuja ant - brown

wiiri locust - scrub locust

wirrbi wasp - nests in hole/hollow

wugun worm (generic)

yirrinyjila dragonfly

yurra small long grub in logs


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