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Author Archives: Mt Gravatt Environment Group
Butterflies in your garden
Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
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
Cute Domino Coukoo Bee found
By: Michael Fox Bored being stuck at home? Explore your backyard looking for some of the 2,000 plus species of solitary native bees, or just admire the many butterflies that have appeared since the rain. I found this … Continue reading
Women dig in for the environment
By: Laurie Deacon Sunday was International Women’s Day 8th March and I ran the usual Pollinator Link® bush corridor regeneration at Mount Gravatt State High School with the neighbours. We had three wonderful young local women attend the weeding and … Continue reading
Get with the Buzz at Elorac Place
By: Michael Fox The Pollinator Link® team was proud to be invited to be part of the Health and Wellbeing Expo organised by the Elorac Place Community Centre in Ellen Grove. It was a pleasure to experience the community spirit … Continue reading
What’s in your garden today?
By: Michael Fox Thanks to Georgia Nierfeld for great video of a Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii in her family’s Pollinator Link® front garden at Chandler. Georgia also found a female Great Carpenter Bee Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aruana. Australia’s largest solitary bee the … Continue reading
Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor
Tagged Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii, Brush Caper Berry Capparis arborea, Butterfly, Caper White Belenois java, Georgia Nierfeld, Great Carpenter Bee Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aruana, moth, Native bees
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Proud Builders: New Homes for Solitary Bees
By: Michael Fox Providing Water, Food and Shelter are the key to bringing Birds, Butterflies and Bees back to our urban habitats. The Construction Team gathered at Downfall Creek Environment Centre to build new homes for our homeless … Continue reading
Christmas Gift Ideas
By: Michael Fox Looking for Christmas gift ideas for others or for yourself? Two excellent books I have read this year are Habitat by AB Bishop and Feeding the Birds at Your Table by Darryl Jones. Habitat: A practical guide … Continue reading
UK Solitary Bee Guardian Scheme
By: Michael Fox “Our cocoon-sharing program is the only one of its kind in the UK and makes caring for red mason bees even more accessible by taking out some of the dirtier, trickier elements of the process. It’s the … Continue reading
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