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Blue Banded Bee visiting Mt Gravatt backyard
By: Michael Fox Jenny sent this excellent video of a local Blue Banded Bee Amegilla cingulata visiting Blue Ginger Dichorisandra thyrsiflora growing in her Mt Gravatt backyard. Jenny said “The shrub comes up out of the ground once a year … Continue reading
Abbeville Community Garden part of Pollinator Link
By: Michael Fox Visiting Abbeville Community Garden and meeting that community was a real pleasure, not to mention the amazing chilli chutney and cheese on offer. Barbara tells me the event was organised to celebrate receiving grant from Brisbane City … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor
Tagged Abbeville Community Garden, Blue Banded Amegilla cingulata, Blue Triangle butterfly Graphium sarpedon, Buzz pollination, European Honey Bees Apis mellifera, Fungus-eating Ladybird Beetle Illeis galbula, native bee, Teddy Bear Amegilla bombiformis
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Living with a Brush-tail Possum
By Sandra Tuszynska I have recently walked into the spare room, to find a brush-tail possum lying on her back, looking like a napping cat. The Latin name of this creature is Trichosurus vulpecula, meaning “little fox” and in Greek meaning “furry tailed”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Brushtail Possum, furry tailed, little fox, Photography, Trichosurus vulpecula
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The Hawkmoth Vision
by Sandra Tuszynska Moths are often overlooked as pollinators, as many are only active by night and perhaps we often don’t find them as attractive as butterflies. However, moths belong to the same order as butterflies called Lepidoptera and are … Continue reading
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Tagged achromatic vision, chromatic vision, Deilephila elpenor, diurnal, Elephant Hawk-moth, Galium Sphinx moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird hawkmoth, hybernation, Hyles gallii, Hyles lineata, Macroglossum stellatarum, night vision, nocturnal, vision, White-striped Sphinx moth
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The Exhilarating Encounter with a Hummingbird Moth
by Sandra Tuszynska Latest update on Hawk Moths in Australia. About two weeks ago I have experienced something out of my ordinary. I was talking to a friend in her garden at around 6 pm, and as we stood by … Continue reading
The Treasure in the Jungle of Weeds
By Sandra Tuszynska The “peanut country”, in south-west QLD has been tremendously dry in the past few years, despite the devastating floods, we’ve had in 2013. However, this summer is very different, in that it has been raining on and … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Pollinator Link, Uncategorized
Tagged alchemist, Banded-orb weaving spider, bees, beetles, Blue-banded bee, cobbler's peg, flowers, rain, rehabilitation, weeds, weevil
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THE INGENUITY OF THE BEE DANCE
By Sandra Tuszynska Bees have different roles in the hive and one of those roles is that of a scout. Scouts search for new sources of food. Once a scout bee locates a source of food that is economically and … Continue reading
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Tagged bee dance, bees, choreography, communication, geometry, Karl von Frisch, Nobel Prize, recruitment dance, solar compass, waggle dance
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Griffith mates advertised it. I love nature and the environment
By: Laurie Deacon & Larissa Roberts A team of 27 Griffith Mates students and community members! “Ok team, this is the plan. We have thirty plants to go in, logs and mulch to stabilise the banks reducing erosion.” . . … Continue reading
Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor
Tagged Griffith Mates, Mt Gravatt SHS, SOWN
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Create a butterfly Puddling Station
By: Michael Fox The weather is warming up, the butterflies are waking up and looking for mates. Butterflies, like all animals, need water. At breeding time, male Blue Triangle butterflies – Graphium sarpedon, and other swallowtail butterflies will be looking … Continue reading
Bush experience for city family
Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
Southern Star – 24 September 2014 By: Michael Fox Marshal Kloske and I met the Wood at Mt Gravatt Summit the morning they were there to meet the Southern Star photographer and we…
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