Top six bugs nominated for 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year
Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
Published 3rd of October, 2025

From the Article:
Six entomological experts selected their six remarkably different finalists for the 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year, with Australians of all ages now able to cast their vote for their favourite bug.

1. Bird dropping beetle (Exastra albopilosa)
2. Duck-billed Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus monatus)
3. Giant rainforest mantis (Heirodula majuscula)
4. Graphic flutterer dragonfly (Rhyothemis graphiptera)
5. Greengrocer cicada (Cyclochila australiasiae)
6. Mountain katydid (Acripeza reticulata)

Vote for the winning insect here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-03/2025-australian-insect-of-the-year-finalists/105660068#poll