March 2020

These first pictures were taken at Wee Jasper, NSW.  In a small window of time between the bushfires and the Coronavirus, a camping trip was enjoyed.

Crane Fly on a Willow



Tiny Jumping Spider



Possibly Hypoblemum scutulatum



A Pie Dish Beetle. Tenebrionidae family (Darkling Beetles)



A Water-skink  Eulamprus sp. sunning at the door of his little cave-house at the base of a Casuarina



Dragonfly nymph cases on the same tree



Confluence of Micalong Creek and the Goodradigbee River



Dont have an Id for this guy yet




The rest of the pictures are from Canberra and the parks/reserves within the ACT, where we are now confined, but thankfully still able to go urban exploring...

Rainbow Darkling Beetle Chalcopteroides sp.



Black Geometrid Melanodes anthracitaria



Amethyst Imperial Blue Jalmenus icilius.  Unfortunately, no photo of the top of this butterfly, which flashed blue like polished labradorite.



Common Brown, a male  Heteronympha merope



Shingleback skin Tiliqua rugosa



Mistletoe flowers Amyema sp.



This is my favourite

Mt Wanniassa

The views, no smoke or fires at last.....



Dingy Swallowtail Papilo anactus



Eastern Bronze Flat butterfly Netrocoryne repanda



and a face shot

AAWT - Day 9-10 -Cotter Dam Track to Murrays Gap

Silver Wattle Acacia dealbata



Split Rock



Coronet Peak from Cotter Valley



Cotter Hut



A spiral tree



Some big gums..





Murrays Gap at last



Bimberi overlooking Murrays Gap


...and again in the morning









Descending the snow-covered track



Lyrebird tracks in the snow Menura novaehollandiae



 



First day of spring by the Cotter River



 



Purple Appleberry Billardiera longiflora





Dagger Wattle for Wattle Day Acacia siculiformis



Returning home along the Orroral Valley

Seven Mile Beach

Angel Wings Pholas australasiae



Surf Crab Ovalipes australiensis



A little Ghost Crab Ocypode Cordimana



Here he is hiding in a footprint. He has also lost a claw.



Lots of this



Mt Coolangatta

Three Views Walk - Lake Yarrunga View

Bauer's Grevillea Grevillea Baueri



A Fabaceae



Curly Wig Caustis flexuosa



Yellow Bloodwood Eucalyptus eximia









Clubmoss Daisy Bush Olearia lepidophylla



Little Flannel Flower Actinotus minor



Another fabaceae



The Lake Yarrunga Views