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Millstream Farm; All The Insect And Arachnid Species

Millstream Insects And Arachnids

Millstream Farm is a good region to find good amounts of insects and arachnids. These species of insects and arachnids are found throughout the entire farm and Millstream definitely does provide good habitat for these invertebrates. Grasslands, dams and rivers are some of the prime habitats Millstream offers to see these small creatures.

Good places to look for the insects and arachnids of Millstream are always under rocks, stones, close to water, grassland areas and heavy foliage. A lot of the Arachnids occur on the ground and burrows may be observed along many of the Millstream walking trails. I have personally recorded 18 species of Arachnids and 37 species of Insects that occur in Millstream. Below you will find all the types of invertebrates found in Millstream...

Arachnid Species:

  1. Garden Orb-Web Spiders

  2. Golden Orb-Web Spiders

  3. Kite Spiders

  4. Silver Marsh Spiders

  5. Fish-Eating Spiders

  6. Grass Funnelweb Spiders

  7. Daddy Longlegs Spiders

  8. Brown Button Spiders

  9. Black Button Spiders

  10. False Button Spiders

  11. Mouse Spiders

  12. Rain Spiders

  13. Baboon Spiders

  14. Huntsman Spiders

  15. Burrowing Wolf Spiders

  16. Wall Spiders

  17. Rock Scorpions

  18. Burrowing Scorpions

Insect Species:

  1. Dragonflies

  2. Damselflies

  3. Native Cockroaches

  4. Alien Cockroaches

  5. Termites

  6. Earwigs

  7. Armoured Ground Crickets

  8. Bush Locusts

  9. Grasshoppers

  10. Stick Insects

  11. Assassin Bugs

  12. Water Striders

  13. Water Scorpions

  14. Aphids

  15. Cicadas

  16. Antlions

  17. Ground Beetles

  18. Tiger Beetles

  19. Chafers

  20. Ladybirds

  21. Toktokkies

  22. Horse Flies

  23. House Flies

  24. Robber Flies

  25. Hover Flies

  26. Blow Flies

  27. Crickets

  28. Butterflies

  29. Moths

  30. Spider-Hunting Wasps

  31. Paper Wasps

  32. Mason Wasps

  33. Honey Bees

  34. Ants

  35. Centipedes

  36. Caterpillars

  37. Millipedes

  38. Garden Snails

  


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