Mothers Day

Urn Heath in flower Melichrus urceolatus

A Ghost Moth pupal case, Hepialidae family

Silver Wattle flower buds Acacia dealbata

Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum

Spectacular Rustgill Gymnopilus junonius

Views, space, river.

Urambi Hills

Views of Bullen and Tidbinbilla Ranges from Urambi

Kurrajong Brachychiton populneus

Fallen seed pods of Kurrajong

A Eucalyptus Tip Bug nymph Amorbus spp.

Female Green form of Yellow-winged Locust Gastrimargus musicus

Not a native, but it was delicious.

Forster Hill

Donkey Orchid Diuris sulphurea

Narrow-leafed Pomaderris Pomaderris angustifolia

Wooly-head Pomaderris Pomaderris eriocephala

A parent tree surrounded by a circle of seeded offspring. What was once a lone paddock tree is now a stand due to being fenced off.  The trees are all Red Stringybark Eucalyptus macrorhyncha.

Its a family thing

The parent tree is burned but alive, surrounded by about 80 - 100 kids.

Bulbine lillies are everywhere Bulbine bulbosa

Views to Bullen Range and beyond from Forster Hill

A male Caper White butterfly Belenois java

Bullen October

Scaly Buttons Leptorynchos squamatus

Austral Bugloss Ajuga australis

Currawang Acacia doratoxylon

Common Woodruff Asperula conferta

Native geranium Geranium solanderi

Broad leaved Peppermint Eucalyptus dives

Lookout Knoll

Lookout Knoll in the rain

A couple of Scribbly Gums Eucalyptus rossii were doing this great red-and-white thing in the rain.

That very tiny white speck on the further slope in the picture is a deer. Given she was very white coloured, I'm guessing Fallow Deer.

Murrumbidgee Lookout

Winter flowering Urn Heath Melichrus urceolatus

Having a go at fungi identification.. Purple-spored Puffball Calvatia cyathiformis

Views from the Murrumbidgee Lookout boulders