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.
Check out some of our favourite photos of insects sighted here in Alice Springs.
Male Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus), Alice Springs NTScarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes), Alice Springs, NTExorista (fly, Diptera), Alice Springs NTCaper White Butterfly (Belenois java teutonia) on rose, Alice Springs NTOphiusa parcemacula (Owlet Moth / Figure Eight Moth), Alice Springs NTMale March-fly (genus Tabanus, family Tabanidae), Alice Springs NTAcontia nivipicta (Owlet Moth), Alice Springs NTOrthetrum caledonicum (deceased male Blue Skimmer), Alice Springs NTCalpinae (caterpillar – Fruit-piercing Moths), Alice Springs Desert Park NTCatopsilia pomona butterfly, Alice Springs NTChlorobapta frontalis (Flower Beetle), Alice Springs NTConvolvulus Hawkmoth (Agrius convolvuli), Alice Springs NTBristle Fly (family Tachinidae, genus Microtropesa), Alice Springs NTGenus Lepidiota Beetle (family Scarabaeidae), Alice Springs NTFemale Orthetrum caledonicum, Alice Springs, NTCalosoma schayeri (Green Carab Beetle), Alice Springs NTAustralian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) also known as Green Blowfly, blowing a nectar bubble, Alice Springs NTSoft-winged Flower Beetle (genus Carphurus), Alice Springs NTMeadow Argus Butterfly (Junonia villida calybe), Alice Springs NTMydas Fly (genus Miltinus), Alice Springs NTBlack Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens), Alice Springs NTAmegilla chlorocyanea bee, Alice Springs Desert Park, NTTwo-spotted Line-blue Butterfly (Nacaduba biocellata) mating, Alice Springs NTAgapophytus yeatesi (Stiletto Fly), Alice Springs NTYellow-shouldered Hover Fly (Ischiodon scutellaris), Alice Springs NTDasypodia selenophora (Southern Moon Moth), Alice Springs Desert Park NTLigyra cingulata – Bee Fly, Alice Springs Desert Park NTPhoracantha recurve (Eucalyptus Longhorn Beetle), Alice Springs NTGolden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons), Alice Springs, NTPhoracantha punctata (Longhorn Beetle), Alice Springs NTOchrogaster lunifer (Bag-shelter Moth), Alice Springs Desert Park NTLonghorn Beetles (genus Pachydissus), Alice Springs NTRobber Fly (genus Bathypogon, family Asilidae), Alice Springs NTEurynassa servillei (member of Tooth-necked and Aberrant Longhorn Beetles), Alice Springs NTCleora (Geometer Moth), Alice Springs NTTolkunia hibisci (Micro Bee Fly, family Mythicomyiidae), Olive Pink Botanic Garden NTGreen Blow Fly (Lucilia cuprina), also known as Greenbottle Fly and Australian Sheep Blowfly, Alice Springs NTTau Emerald Dragonfly (Hemicordulia tau), Alice Springs NT
