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Category Archives: Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve
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
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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Plant Local to Feed Locals
By: Michael Fox I just read an interesting article in Canadian Geographic: Inside the mysterious decline of Earth’s insects Why are insects important? If we want to bring beautiful birds like the Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti back to our urban gardens we need … Continue reading
Grannies Ginger Nut Biscuits, Citizen Science and bees – 2015 National Tree Day Mt Gravatt SHS
By: Laurie Deacon 6am: I am up baking Grannies Ginger Nut Biscuits. It’s exciting. It’s going to be a big day. 9am: I join Mt Gravatt State High School teacher Andrew Walsh, long time champion of environmental sustainability, and my … Continue reading
Pollinator Link at Biodiversity Seminar Series
By: Michael Fox I joined two other speakers at the Brisbane Biodiversity Seminar Series to share our vision of urban wildlife corridors – Pollinator Links. Download PDF copy of presentation My presentation shared the need for and complexity of creating … 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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Pollinator Links spread to Queensland Parliament
By: Michael Fox “It is not often that members rise in this House to speak about butterflies … ” local member and Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, the Hon. Ian Walker, introducing his Parliamentary Adjournment Speech … Continue reading
Feed the birds – ABC Counterpoint interview with Darryl Jones
By: Michael Fox I just listened to a fascinating Radio National Counterpoint interview with Associate Professor Darryl Jones, Deputy Director of the Environmental Futures Centre at Griffith University. The question – “To feed or not feed native birds.” Key points: … Continue reading
Three Easy Steps to vibrant backyards
By: Michael Fox Our new Pollinator Link flyer is now available and printed copies will be available. For copies of the flyer email Pollinator Link Project Manager: Sandra Tuszynska – pollinatorlink@gmail.com You are free to print, copy or distribute this … Continue reading
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