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Located in the heart of Australia, Alice Springs and the surrounding region of Central Australia is a rich diversity of fauna. From the arid desert landscape that surrounds Alice Springs, that can change into a water wonderland during periods of significant rainfall, and from which the aftermath of such rain, is to see a variety of bird species , adding to the appeal of Alice Springs as a must visit bird watchers destination. Of course that is not all there is from amazing reptiles to the tinest of insects…
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Central Australia is home to many creatures from small insects that include our native bees and wasp, marsupials such as the red kangaroos, euros and wallabies, reptiles from perenties, long-nosed dragons, bearded dragons, thorny devils and stimsons pythons, and of course the fantastic range of bird life species.
Enjoy our selected of wildlife, as you explore this region that is home to many people and the wildlife that live here.
Alice Springs is not short of wildlife, where dingoes are known to roam into the boundary of the township, reptiles are seen basking in the garden of people’s homes, birds frequent the bird baths and ponds, native bees foraging for nectar and pollen or collecting resin that bleeds from some of the trees, and native wasps carrying off caterpillars or spiders back to their nests.
To improve your chances of seeing wildlife, you can spend a few hours at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden and Alice Springs Desert Park where the keen observer might catch a glimpse of insects and arachnids, or drop into the Alice Springs Reptile Centre to get up close to reptiles.
Of course just a walk or drive around town will give you opportunities to see some of the fauna that live here. Visitors should keep an eye out for the euros (also known as wallaroos) around places such as the Alice Springs Telegraph Station and Olive Pink Botanic Garden, and up around the hills and east and west along the ranges, where you may also catch sight of a wallaby or two.
For those wanting to see kangaroos and wallabies, keep your eyes open when you are out and about. The Alice Springs Desert Park have kangaroos in large enclosures and places like the Kangaroo Sanctuary where you can book in to get up close to some of the rescued orphans.
Of course as you walk around anywhere, be aware as you may stumble across a wild reptile or two and please keep an eye out for reptiles basking on the roads.
For those into the smaller living creatures, there is plenty to see for the keen observer, from butterflies and moths, native bees and wasps, and our eight legged spider species, just to name some.
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adcockianum (Camaenid Land Snail) Alice Springs Insects Antlion (Heoclisis fundata) Alice Springs Ants (Formicidae) Camponotus novaehollandiae group Alice Springs Bees Amegilla Bee Braunsapis sp Bright-white Masked Bee Bush Bee Ceylalictus perditellus European Honey Bee Exoneurella eremophila Golden-browed Resin Bee Lasioglossum (Homalictus) Lasioglossum (Homalictus) on Eucalyptus orbifolia Lasioglossum (Homalictus) dotatum Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) Lipotriches Megachile deanii Red-headed Masked Bee Stenotritidae genus Stenotritus Xanthesma (Xenohesma) Alice Springs Beetles Bisallardiana sp Blaps polychresta Bolboceratidae Calosoma oceanicum Carphurus (Soft-winged Flower Beetle) Chalcophorotaenia Chlorobapta frontalis Coccinella transversalis (Transverse Ladybird) Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mealybug Destroyer Beetle) Eretes australis (Padded Diving Beetle) Hydrophilus brevispina Lepidiota Merimna atrata Neospades sp Pachydissus (Longhorn Beetles) Paropsisterna laesa (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle) Phoracantha punctata (Longhorn Beetle) Phorticosomus sp Prioninae subfamily Protaetia fusca (Mottled Flower Scarab) Pterohelaeus sp (Blue Pie-dish Beetles) Alice Springs Blattodea Alice Springs Calolampra sp Alice Springs Desmozosteria cincta Alice Springs Ellipsidion australe Alice Springs Ellipsidion humarale Alice Springs Pycnoscelus sp Alice Springs Butterflies & Moths (Lepidopterans) Alice Springs Butterflies Blue Moon Butterfly Caper White Butterfly, Egg and Instar Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) Glasswing (Acraea andromacha) Lesser Wanderer (Danaus petilia) Meadow Argus (Junonia villida calybe) Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) Two-spotted Line-blue Butterfly (Nacaduba biocellata) Alice Springs Moths Aedia leucomelas (Sweet Potato Leaf Worm) Australian Striped Hawk Moth (Hyles livornicoides) Bag-shelter Moth & Processionary Caterpillar Carpenter Moth (Endoxyla cinereus) Chasmina pulchra (White Beauty) Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) Cossid Moth (Endoxyla leucomochla) Endoxyla Moth (family Cossidae) Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera) Godart’s Hawkmoth (Agrius godarti) Helicoverpa punctigera (Australian Fruitworm) Leptocneria binotata Mocis alterna (Bean Looper Moth) Owlet Moth (Eudesmeola lawsoni) Owlet Moth (Ophiusa parcemacula) Sameodes cancellalis (Banded Pearl) Yeperenye / Yipirinya Alice Springs Diptera Alice Springs Green Blowfly Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi) Soldier Flies (Odontomyia) Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly, Ischiodon scutellaris Alice Springs Dragonflies Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum) Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes) Alice Springs Orthoptera – Orthopteroids Acrida conica Garden Mantis Giant Grasshopper Valanga irregularis nymph Valanga irregularis as prey Spur-throated Locust Woodger’s Gumleaf Katydid Alice Springs True Bugs (Heteroptera) Eucalyptus Tip-wilting Bug Ground Shield Bug (Choerocoris paganus) Ippatha australiensis Poecilometis patruelis (Shield Bug) Soapberry Bugs, Leptocoris sp Spilostethus sp Alice Springs Water Scorpion Alice Springs Wasps Abispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bembix Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor Cryptocheilus bicolor with Prey (Neosparassus sp) Delta latreillei Delta philantes Eumeninae Mud Nests and Potter Wasps Orchid Dupe Wasp Paralastor (Potter Wasp) Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Sceliphron laetum Thynnid Flower Wasps Velvet Ant Family (Tribe Dasymutillini) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis) Alice Springs Marsupials Black-footed Rock Wallaby Euro Alice Springs Reptiles Bearded Dragon Bynoe’s Gecko Common Desert Ctenotus Ctenotus saxatilis Eastern Tree Dtella Long-nosed Dragon Perentie Alice Springs Spiders Australian Golden Orb Weaver Australian Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae) Backobourkines Banded Garden Spider Beautiful Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus calligaster) Cytaea sp Desert Huntsman Spider Elegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) Hackled Orb-weavers Hortophora sp Long-jawed Orb Weavers Long-tailed St. Andrew’s Cross Spider Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) Miturgidae (Elassoctenus spp) Red-headed Mouse Spider Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) Wall Spider (Oecobius sp)
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