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Ginninderry is Planting for Pollinators
By: Michael Fox Watching bushland being bulldozed to build more houses is always heart-breaking so it was inspiring to learn about a developer, Ginninderry, that is restoring, not destroying habitat. April in Canberra, I attended the inspiring Planting for Pollinators: … Continue reading
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Tagged ACT for Bees, Canberra, Climate Adaptation, Conservation Corridor, Ginninderry
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Don’t treat it like dirt!
By: Michael Fox Watch the Dirt Guru, Sandra Tuszynska’s, excellent video to learn about the diverse flora and fauna that lives underground in your garden feeding thriving flowers, shrubs and vegetables.
Become a Bee Guardian today for $33
By: Michael Fox “Do you have a registered Pollinator Link® garden?” As a registered Pollinator Link® garden you can become a Bee Guardian and citizen scientist researching ways to repopulate our city gardens with native solitary bees and answer the … Continue reading
Butterflies in your garden
By: Michael Fox Miranda a Fox Gully Bushcare neighbour sent me an exciting photo: a female Jezebel Nymph Mynes geoffroyi laying her eggs on a Native Mulberry Pipturus argenteus. A close up look at her eggs shows an interesting and … Continue reading
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Tagged Butterfly, caterpillar, citrus, Cr Steve Huang, Dainty Swallowtail Papilio anactus, Finger Lime Microcitrus australasica, Jezebel Nymph Mynes geoffroyi, Koala Phascolarctos cinereus, Native Mulberry Pipturus argenteus, Squirrel Gliders Petaurus norfolcensis, wildlife bridge
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Mossies in your birdbath?
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Toxorhynchites speciosusand Culex sp. larvae By: Michael Fox Our Koala Drinker research has identified more than birds and Lace Monitors. It is mosquito season so we regularly check the drinkers for mossie larva.…
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Bee Guardian Project – Stage 2 Trial
By: Michael Fox I am often asked: “How do I to get native bees to move into my Bee Home?” People are often thinking of the Native Stingless Bees Tetragonula sp. which, unlike solitary native bees, form colonies and make … Continue reading
Native Solitary Bee Home Trial
By: Michael Fox Australia has over 2,000 species of solitary native bees of which twelve have been identified within Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve. My first introduction to these special locals was wondering about the green insect flying past while we … Continue reading
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Tagged Cr Fiona Hammond - Marchant Ward, Crosby Road Bushcare, Crown Bees, Guardian Bee Home, Leaf Cutter Bees Megachile sp, Mr Fothergill's Small Bee And Insect House, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, Plant Local to Feed Locals, Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Seventh Brigade Park, solitary native bees, Terry Hanson Reserve, UK Mason Bees
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Understanding community participation in urban conservation
By: Michael Fox Understanding the motivations and challenges of community members already engaged in creating urban wildlife habitat, is a valuable step in building communications strategies to drive behaviour change across the broader community. Therefore, Jake Slinger’s university research thesis … Continue reading
Butterflies in your garden
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By: Michael Fox Caper White – Belenois java I am very lucky to live beside Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve so butterflies and birds are common in my garden. However, at the moment gardens…
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Hovering Hawk Moths in your garden
By: Michael Fox In 1862 Charles Darwin wrote to a friend at Kew [Gardens] “I have just received such a Box full from Mr Bateman with the astounding Angraecum sesquipedalia [sic] with a nectary a foot long. Good Heavens what … Continue reading
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