Visit our Insects
Yes we are open EVERY day of the year
We are open every day 9:30am – 5:00pm
Please book online before you visit.
We have some great Family discounts and Annual passes!
We are open every day 9:30am – 5:00pm
Please book online before you visit. We have some great Family discounts and Annual passes!
Australian Insects
Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates with hair, mammary glands used to suckle young with milk, a diaphragm, three bones in the middle ear, & a lower jaw made up of a single pair of bones that articulates in a unique way with the skull.
* animals usually seen at Walkabout Park.
** animals usually seen on Wild Sleep Out programs.
*** animals that only live wild so might not be seen.
Ants *
Ants in Australia ~ The ant fauna of Australia is especially large and diverse. World-wide, there are 16 subfamilies, about 300 genera and 15,000 …. Read More
Leeches ***
Leeches in Australia ~ Leeches are worms. Our leeches are unique as they live on dry land. On other continents they only live in water…. Read More
Cicadas ***
What’s That Noise ! Cicadas are insects. There are more than 200 kinds of Australian cicadas. Adult cicadas live on trees, but before that they live under …. Read More
Cockroaches ***
Friend or Foe? The general form of cockroaches varies little, however their size can range from only a couple of millimetres in length up to …. Read More
Dragonflies ***
Fast and Furious ~ Dragonflies can fly extremely fast and are very agile. The maximum speed of large species is around 10-15 metres/sec or …. Read More
Praying Mantis ***
Praying mantises, or praying mantids, are carnivorous insects. There are about 2,000 different types of mantids. The biggest are over 15 cm long and …. Read More
Stick Insects ***
Leaf or Stick Insects ~ Phasmids (say faz-mid) are insects that look like sticks or leaves. These insects have developed many unusual shapes so that …Read More