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Sawflies, or spitfires, are not flies but relatives of wasps, and are noted for the large clumps that their larvae form on gum trees.

Accidentally imported from Europe, European wasps now disrupt outdoor recreational activities and threaten native insects in southern Australia.

Although spider wasps look alarming, and sometimes paralyse spiders much larger than themselves, they are not aggressive towards people.

White-tailed spiders are common in urban environments and are often found wandering houses at night in search of prey. Their bite has been implicated in tissue ulceration; however there has been little evidence to substantiate such claims.

Wolf spiders are found throughout Australia ranging in habitats from coastal forests to inland woodlands, shrublands and alpine areas.

Willow sawfly, first identified in Australia in 2005 and now well established in the ACT and surrounding areas (Queanbeyan, Braidwood and Cooma) of south east New South Wales (NSW), attacks both pest and amenity willows.

Mouse spiders are widely distributed across mainland Australia and are a type of trapdoor spider, although they are often mistaken for funnel-web spiders.

Mud wasps are large, solitary Australian insects that build nests of mud and provide live, paralysed prey for their larvae to feed on.