HIGHLIGHTS...
MEET IMPORTANT LOCALS
Here are some of the local friends we met... scroll down...
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FEBRUARY 20, 2022
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The complexity of Box-Ironbark forest is evident throughout the year. We focused on the bark and leaves of various eucalypts for species identification. Top right - Yellow Box (Eucalyptus Melliodora) has roughly fibrous/finely tessellated bark at the base, to smooth, variably patterned upper trunk & limbs.
Red Stringybark
Eucalyptus macrorhyncha
Red Ironbark
Eucalyptus tricarpa
Long-leaf Box or Bundy
Eucalyptus goniocalyx
NOVEMBER 26, 2022
Blue Pincushion - Brunonia australis
Murnong/Yam Daisy - Microseris lanceolata
Dampieria - Dampiera stricta
Common Wedge-pea - Gompholobium huegelii
Button Everlasting - Coronidium scorpioides
Also seen were: Chocolate lily - Arthropodium strictum; Dianellia - Dianella revoluta; Longhorn moth (genus, not sure of the species) were also seen, along with Common Brown Butterfly, Forester moth - Pollanisus viridipulverulenta, Net-winged Beetle, Chequered beetle (genus, not sure of the species)
FEBRUARY 2023
TOP IMAGE:
Lampides boeticus
Long-tailed Pea-blue Butterfly
SECOND:
Hypochrysops delicia
Moonlight Jewel Butterfly
THIRD:
Chrysolopus spectabilis
Botany Bay Weevil
FOURTH:
Nacaduba biocellata
Two-spotted Line-blue Butterfly
BOTTOM:
Runcinia acuminata
Pointy Runcinia (amazing camouflage!)
MORE COMING SOON
AUGUST, 2022
