Native beetle species and a few introduced beetles can be found in Central Australia. They are usually found on and near their food source, including trees such as eucalypts, Hakea, Dodonaea (ie Sticky Hopbush) and Gossypium (ie Sturt’s Desert Rose). There are also aquatic species that are found in gorges and waterholes.

Check out some of our documented native species in Alice Springs Beetles.

Pie-dish Beetle (Helea scaphiformis), member of Darkling Beetles (family Tenebrionidae), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds © Dorothy Latimer
Pie-dish Beetle (Helea scaphiformis), Alice Springs / Central Australia © Dorothy Latimer
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Blue Pie-dish Beetle (Pterohelaeus sp), Alice Springs NT
Blue Pie-dish Beetle (Pterohelaeus sp), Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Genus Lepidiota Beetle (family Scarabaeidae), Alice Springs NT
Genus Lepidiota Beetle (family Scarabaeidae), Alice Springs NT
Soft-winged Flower Beetle (genus Carphurus), Alice Springs NT
Soft-winged Flower Beetle (genus Carphurus), Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Mottled Flower Scarab (Protaetia fusca), Alice Springs, NT
Mottled Flower Scarab (Protaetia fusca), Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Bisallardiana sp (Flower Chafer Beetle), Alice Springs NT
Bisallardiana sp (Flower Chafer Beetle), Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Paropsisterna laesa (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle), Alice Springs NT
Paropsisterna laesa (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle), Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Transverse Ladybirds (Coccinella transversalis), Alice Springs NT
Transverse Ladybirds (Coccinella transversalis), Alice Springs / Central Australia NT
Genus Chalcophorotaenia, Alice Springs NT
Beetle genus Chalcophorotaenia, Alice Springs NT
Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus macleayi)
Christmas Beetle (Anoplognathus macleayi), Central Australia NT
Longhorn Beetles (genus Pachydissus), Alice Springs NT
Longhorn Beetles (genus Pachydissus), Alice Springs / Central Australia NT

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