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Author Archives: Mt Gravatt Environment Group
Blue Banded Bees visiting?
By: Michael Fox Do you have blue flowers in your garden? Have a look to see if you have Blue Banded Bee Amegilla cingulata visitors. I videoed this visitor on Scurvy Weed (Native Wandering Jew) Commelina diffusa flowers this morning.
Water for backyard wildlife. Echidnas?
By: Michael Fox Water, Food and Shelter for wildlife are the key to bringing a bit of Australian bush to our city gardens. Some suprising wildlife is still surviving in Brisbane suburbs. What wildlife is benefiting from your Pollinator Link … Continue reading
Nature’s pest control services are free
By: Michael Fox I recently found this striking Black and White Ichneumon Wasp Anacis sp. in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve. Parasitic wasps are one of nature’s valuable pest controllers attacking caterpillars that eat your vegetables. “Their larvae are either parasitic or hyperparasitic … Continue reading
Birds visiting your garden?
Originally posted on valwebb.com:
While doing a little laptop housekeeping this morning, I found a link to a forgotten video. It’s a taped segment from a two-day live workshop, Essential Birds and Flowers in Watercolor, hosted a couple of…
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GroNative South East Queensland
By: Michael Fox What Pollinator Link® garden style do you want to create? Tropical/Balinese Cottage Garden Native Rainforest Birds and Butterflies Kids Garden Native Meadow Download GroNative App (South East Queensland) to: Explore Garden Styles – what do you want … Continue reading
Young life lost on motorway on-ramp
Originally posted on Mount Gravatt Environment Group:
By: Michael Fox Healthy young male Koala “Let me know if I can help lobbying for Koala fencing or wildlife bridges. It breaks my heart to see the good work we have been…
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Birds and Bees love Golden Penda
By: Michael Fox Golden Penda Xanthostemon chrysanthus grows naturally in coastal rainforest in north Queensland from Townsville to Cape York. However, it is also happy growing in Brisbane although the spectacular flowering we have had this year is usual. The birds and … Continue reading
The Blue Banded Bee – The Farmer’s Friend
Originally posted on My Wild Australia:
I was really excited to discover some of these attractive looking bees on a cassia shrub near the house recently. I walked past it one day and I could hear an intermittent buzzing sound.…
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Meeting Costa at Millen Farm
By: Michael Fox I visited Millen Farm at Samford yesterday for their International Compost Awareness Week event. It was a real pleasure to listen as Costa, from Gardening Australia, shared his passion for everything from plants to people. Costa talk … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob The Bee Man, Common Spotted Ladybird - Harmonia conformis, Costa the Composter ICAW Ambassador, Debbie Needham Woggoon, International Compost Awareness Week, Millen Farm, Native bees, Samford Eco-Corridor, Star water solutions, Zinnia
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Pollinator Link Display – Paten Park Native Nursery
By: Michael Fox I know Backyard Bee Homes are valuable Shelter for our native bees, however, I was still amazed to a prospective tenant checking out the accommodation before I even finished up setting up the Pollinator Link Display. Pollinator … Continue reading
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