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Welcome to Alice Springs Insects, our resource on some of the insects that have been found here in the heart of Australia. Alice Springs and Central Australia is home to a great diversity of insects, and with the growing interest, especially by “citizen scientist”, who have contributed enormously to the understanding of the world around us, it has been wonderful to see the many online contributions.

For the budding entomologist, bug biologist and those just interested in seeing and learning about the insects that live here in the heart ofl Australia, we present a selection of insects to be found in Alice Springs and Central Australia. Click through the categories and thumbnail images to go to the related pages. This section is a work in progress, so make sure you check back over time, as we add more observations from Alice Springs.

Alice Springs Image Index
Opisthopsis sp (Strobe ant), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Alice Springs Ants (Formicidae)
Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons), Alice Springs, NT
Alice Springs Bees
Chlorobapta frontalis (Flower Beetle), Alice Springs NT
Alice Springs Beetles
Calolampra sp (Bark Cockroach), Alice Springs NT
Alice Springs Blattodea
Blue Moon Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Alice Springs Butterflies & Moths
Robber Fly (genus Bathypogon, family Asilidae), Alice Springs NT
Alice Springs Diptera
Male Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes), Alice Springs, NT
Alice Springs Dragonflies
Choerocoris paganus, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Alice Springs True Bugs
Spiny Bark Mantis (Gyromantis sp), Alice Springs NT
Alice Springs Mantodea – Mantises
Woodger's Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus woodgeri), Alice Springs NT
Alice Springs Orthoptera
Abispa ephippium (Mud-nest Wasp) and Delta latreillei (Orange Potter Wasp), Alice Springs NT
Alice Springs Wasps

Alice Springs InsectsAntlion (Heoclisis fundata) Ants (Formicidae) Bees Beetles Index Blattodea Butterflies & Moths (Lepidopterans) Cicadas Diptera Dragonflies Mantodea – Mantises Orthoptera – Orthopteroids True Bugs (Heteroptera) Wasps

Hairy Antlion (Heoclisis fundata, family Myrmeleontidae), Alice Springs NT
Hairy Antlion (Heoclisis fundata, family Myrmeleontidae), Alice Springs NT
Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons), Alice Springs, NT
Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons), Alice Springs, NT
Common Eggfly Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Common Eggfly Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina), Alice Springs NT
Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) with black ants on lemon blossoms, Alice Springs NT
Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) with black ants on lemon blossoms, Alice Springs NT

Also check out our section on some of the listed Alice Springs Spiders.

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta

Footnote & References

  1. Insecta, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/17c9fd64-3c07-4df5-a33d-eda1e065e99f
  2. Insects (Class Insecta), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/47158-Insecta

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