27 Apr 2018

Morton NP

Honey Flower Lambertia formosa



Autumn flowering Variable Bossiaea Bossiaea heterophylla


Heathy Parrot Pea Dillwynia retorta


Pink Boronia Boronia floribunda


Carrot Tops Platysace linearifolia


Red Five Corners Styphelia tubiflora


Heath Banksia Banksia ericifolia


Narrow-leafed Drumstick Isopogon anethifolius


One only- Blue Dampiera Dampiera stricta


At left, Mt Carnavon - from Echo Point


Views to Bundanoon Creek from Echo point


Next day, overcast - views from Badgery's Lookout


Shoalhaven River

15 Apr 2018

Tench Reserve

Wattle Blue Theclinesthes miskini


Showing the purplish upperwing colour



Dart butterfly



A baby Huntsman, so cute


Lizard of some kind


Female Conehead Conocephalus sp.


White-banded House Jumper Hypoblemum albovittatum


Nepean River at Tench Reserve


6 Apr 2018

Gungahlin Hill

A female Painted Apple Moth Orgyia anartoides with her eggs on Scribbly Gum


Another egg case on Acacia. The abandoned pupal case can be seen inside.


And again on Brittle Gum


Velvet Ant, which is actually an ant-mimicing flightless wasp  Ephutomorpha sp


Plenty of Soldier Beetles mating Chauliognathus lugubris. My child calls these Banana Bugs, which is much cuter.


Body feather of Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius



1 Apr 2018

Gang Gang Mountain

Views of Nungar Plain from the Monaro Range


Distant view of Tabletop Mountain


Gavels Hut


A tree fungus Laetiporus portentosus



A beautiful Stitched Delicate Poecilasthena balioloma pretending to be a gumleaf


A jumping spider Jotus sp. considering a red mite


The eyes!


Another spider, this one is the Red and Black Spider Ambicodamus crinitus


A big stick insect with some nice big spikes on the back legs, possibly Alpine Stick Insect Didymuria violescens


Trig down on Gang Gang Mountain



View of Gang Gang Mountain from the Bicentennial Trail (centre left)