Alice Springs Fauna •

Alice Springs BlattodeaCalolampra sp Desmozosteria cincta Ellipsidion australe Ellipsidion humarale Pycnoscelus sp

Elipsidion humarale, commonly known as a native Bush Cockroach (to the northern parts of Australia), are also found in Alice Springs and Central Australia in the Northern Territory.

Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT

They are often seen in the urban garden, and found sheltering or feeding on the nectar of flowers.

Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale) sheltering in a rose, Alice Springs, NT
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale) sheltering in a rose, Alice Springs, NT
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT

Check out Ellipsidion humarale at the Alice Springs Desert Park.


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Blattodea
  • Superfamily: Blaberoidea
  • Family: Ectobiidae
  • Subfamily: Pseudophyllodromiinae
  • Genus: Ellipsidion
  • Species: Ellipsidion humerale

Alice Springs BlattodeaCalolampra sp Desmozosteria cincta Ellipsidion australe Ellipsidion humarale Pycnoscelus sp

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