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3 Jan 2021

Cicadas!

Redeye Cicadas Psaltoda moerens- in profusion on 8th Dec2020.

On Cork Oaks and various other trees at the Lindsay Pryor Arboretum.
























This one has recently emerged- still drying its wings


Holes where the pupae emerged from the ground.
















A Common Onion Orchid Microtis unifolia- labellum is crinkly.
Growing from mulch placed around new trees.



 

21 Dec 2020

A Few Nice Moths

Red-lined Geometrid Crypsiphona ocultaria


Light Brown Apple Moths mating Epiphyas postvittana


Red-lined Geometrid showing red-lined underside



Bold Phrataria Phrataria bijugata



1 Nov 2020

Aranda 2020

 Wax Lips Glossodia major












Lemon Caps Caladenia cucullata












Musky Caps Caladenia moschata












Tiger Orchid Diuris sulphurea












Going with  Black Mountain Leopard Orchid Diuris nigromontana












And again












And even this yellow one












The most Fringe Lilies I have seen ever Thysanotus tuberosus












And the Guinea Flowers were the largest I've seen Hibbertia obtusifolia












Bush Pea Pultenaea procumbens












Mountain Grevillea Grevillea alpina







30 Sept 2020

Gungahlin Hill 2020

Dry Scribbly Gum forest Eucalyptus rossii












Early Wattle Acacia genistifolia




  








Hardenbergia violaceae 















Waxlip Glossodia major




 











Sticky Everlasting Daisy Xerochrysum viscosum















Bulbine Lily Bulbine bulbosa. Leaves slightly scabrid at base, anthers basifixed.















Cymbonotus sp.















A native plantain, maybe Slender Plantain Plantago debilis















Creeping Bossiaea Bossiaea prostrata

















































Pink Fingers Petalochilus carneus

















































26 Sept 2020

Sherwood 2020

 Golden Moths Diuris chryseopsis















Sundew with insect meal Drosera sp.












Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon















Heliotrope Moth Utetheisa pulchelloides















Golden Grass Carpet Moth Anachloris subochraria


















20 Sept 2020

Mt McDonald Spring 2020

Dusky Fingers Petalochilus fuscatus (flowers all singles, date 5th Sep)


Early Nancy Wurmbea dioica  


















Hardenbergia violaceae















Heath Moth Dichromodes sp.


















Grey Grass Tree in flower Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. angustifolia





















Old Mans Beard Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis)


















Rock Lily Bulbine glauca  (leaves smooth, anthers dorsifixed. Maybe.)


















Diggers Speedwell Veronica perfoliata


















Hickory Wattle Acacia penninervis growing well all around the firetower


















The trig and the old firetower (which burnt down in a fire)














A good cubby is always a bonus