Central Australia InsectsBeetles Moths Native Bees Megachile aurifrons (Golden-browed Resin Bee)

Central Australia is home to a diverse collection of Insects (class Insecta) – a diverse group of hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the phylum Arthropoda. This class includes butterflies, crickets, moths, ants, termites, mantids, grasshoppers, crickets, just to name some of the insects.

Click on the following thumbnail images to check out some of the insects to be found in Central Australia…

Pie-dish Beetle (Helea scaphiformis), member of Darkling Beetles (family Tenebrionidae), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds © Dorothy Latimer
Central Australia Beetles
Exoneurella eremophila on the Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum)
Central Australia Native Bees

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Thynnid Wasps mating, Santa Teresa Rd, Central Australia © Dorothy Latimer
Thynnid Wasps mating, Santa Teresa Rd, Central Australia © Dorothy Latimer

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  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
    • Informal:
      • Apterygotes
      • Pterygotes
    • Subclass:
      • Archaeognatha
      • Dicondylia

Central Australia InsectsBeetles Moths Native Bees Megachile aurifrons (Golden-browed Resin Bee)

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