Jagungal Flowers II

Granite Buttercups Ranununculus graniticola

Some last flowers of Leafy Bossiaea Bossiaea foliosa

Shaggy seed pods of Leafy Bossiaea, about 5mm long. leaves are tiny-3mm.

Leafy Bossiaea hosting an Emerald Moth, quite possibly Alpine Euloxia Euloxia hypsithrona

Candle Richea Richea continentis

Alpine Boronia Boronia algida

Jagungal Flowers

Derwent Speedwell Derwentia derwentiana

Matted Pratia Lobelia pendunculata (was Pratia pendunculata)

Tall Rice-flower / Mountain Rose / Kosciuszko Rose Pimelea ligustrina

Ivy Goodenia Goodenia hederaceae

Creeping Fan-Flower Scaevola hookeri

Tasman Flax-lily Dianella tasmanica

Derschkos Hut

Evening view of Mt Jagungal 31st December 2016

Making Camp

Dusty Daisy Bush Olearia phlogopappa

Prickly Starwort Stellaria pungens growing on granite

Cascade Everlasting Ozothamnus secundiflorus

Silver Snow Daisy Celmisia spp

Bidgee Widgee Acaena novae-zelandiae

Oreomyrrhis eriopoda Native Caraway

Billy Button Craspedia spp

Derschkos Hut

Happy New Year - Mt Jagungal 1st January 2017

Billy Buttons

Billy Buttons Craspedia spp. in the Jagungal Wilderness were plentiful.

 A Case-moth caterpillar with a case made of leaves. Every now and then it would give a little twist and the tiny caterpillars head could be seen feeding.

Jewel Beetles Castiarina flavopicta

A predatory Damsel Bug Nabidae family

A day flying Geometridae moth (loopers) Chrysolarentia chrysocyma

A Flower Spider or Crab Spider- possibly Lehtinelagia prasina....28/5/18-Changing this id to Australomisidia rosea Rosy Flower Spider

Field of Billy buttons with Round Mountain in the distance.

Many hang their heads at the end of days. Spent Billy Button with Mt Jagungal behind.

Coppins Crossing

Spiny-headed Mat Rush Lomandra longifolia

A Bluebell Wahlenbergia spp that is not the usual blue, but white.

Native Crowfoot, Blue Storksbill, Blue Herons-foot or Blue Crowfoot Erodium crinitum

Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi

Here's some old Molonglo infrastructure- a stile for getting around down at the river.

Here's something new- a giant footbridge spanning the Molonglo. This wasn't here last time I walked along this section of the river!

The footbridge will be linking new suburbs.

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