Standardised trapping in the mid- and ground- storey of dry tropical open forest and semi-evergreen vine thicket (SEVT) returned an abundant invertebrate assemblage. Most taxa were ubiquitous or commonly occurring across all sites. Site assemblages were grouped according to broad vegetation type with significant differences between Blakella, Eucalyptus/Corymbia open forests and SEVT. The SEVT assemblage was more diverse, but of lower overall abundance than either of the eucalypt open forest plant assemblages. A basic trophic level classification suggested that, in the SEVT, decomposers were the predominant primary consumers, while herbivores were the predominant primary consumers in the eucalypt open forests, although the relative proportion of all primary consumers (herbivores plus detritovores) was equal amongst plant assemblages. Management implications are considered. The application of standard off-the-shelf traps for land-holder monitoring of property invertebrate assemblages is supported.

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