Author Koh Lin ◦
Alice Springs is more than a home to people, it is also home to a wondeful group of insects… and as interests in them grow, there are some amazing resources for people to get involved with including Facebook groups and iNaturalistAU.
As you are out and about in Alice Springs, keep your eyes peeled for some of the amazing Alice Springs insects… whether it is in your home, your garden, parks and bushland, many of the insects can be easily snapped on your mobile phone.
Take a stroll through some of our favourite photos of insects that have been sighted here in Alice Springs.
For more information about the insects, click on their title header.
Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus)
Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes)
Exorista, fly
Caper White Butterfly (Belenois java teutonia)
Ophiusa parcemacula (Owlet Moth / Figure Eight Moth)
Tabanus – March Fly
Acontia nivipicta (Owlet Moth)
Orthetrum caledonicum (deceased male Blue Skimmer)
Calpinae (Caterpillar)
Catopsilia pomona (Lemon Migrant butterfly)
Dicranolaius bellulus (Red and Blue Beetle)
Chlorobapta frontalis (Flower Beetle)
Convolvulus Hawkmoth (Agrius convolvuli)
Phaneropterinae
Radumeris tasmaniensis (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp)
Microtropesa sp (Tachinid Fly)
Hairy Antlion (Heoclisis fundata, family Myrmeleontidae)
Lepidiota
Chalcophorotaenia
Blue Hairy Flower Wasp
Blue Moon Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Orthetrum caledonicum (female)
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale)
Calosoma schayeri
Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina)
Ellipsidion australe
Carphurus (Soft-winged Flower Beetle)
Meadow Argus (Junonia villida calybe)
Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp
Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly)
Amegilla chlorocyane
Two-spotted Line-blue Butterfly (Nacaduba biocellata)
Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi)
Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris)
Southern Moon Moth (Dasypodia selenophora)
Ligyra cingulata
Phoracantha recurve (Eucalyptus Longhorn Beetle)
Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons)
Phoracantha punctata (Longhorn Beetle)
Ochrogaster lunifer (Bag-shelter Moth)
Pachydissus (Longhorn Beetles)
Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp
Choerocoris paganus (Ground Shield Bug / Red Jewel Bug)
Eurynassa servillei
Cleora (Geometer Moth)
Tolkunia hibisci (Bee Fly)
Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina)
Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis)
Hemicordulia tau
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