Alice Springs Fauna •
Australia is home to thousands of native species of wasps, with Alice Springs having their own share of beautiful wasps. Like the native bees, the native wasps play a critical role in the environment with some wasps that feed on nectar (aiding in plant pollination), and others who are just as important, being predators and parasites and whose larvae feed on spiders, caterpillars and other insects.
Alice Springs and Central Australia also have a large variety of wasps species, that can be seen in the home garden, out and about in the parks, reserves and bushland. Local attractions like the Olive Pink Botanic Garden and the Alice Springs Desert Park are places that you can usually find various wasp species.
Alice Springs Wasps Index
Click on the following images to see more about the individual wasps.
Alice Springs WaspsAbispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bembix Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor 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)
More information in our Fauna section under Insects > Wasps | Wasps Index
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
Alice Springs WaspsAbispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bembix Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor 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 FaunaNative Bees Beetles Birds Gastropods (Gastropoda) Insects Marsupials Reptiles Spiders
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