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Category Archives: Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve
Help expand Mount Gravatt Outlook Reserve
By: Michael Fox This sale of the William”s family farm is a unique opportunity to increase the wildlife habitat of Mt Gravatt Outlook Reserve by 11% providing greater security for our growing population of Koalas and other wildlife. Professor Carla … Continue reading
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.
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
Cubs in Mud – Backyard Beehomes
By: Michael Fox References and Links “Seeing the kids having fun took me back to my time as a Cub and Scout Leader. Things have changed a bit since then. There are girl Cubs now and next week they are … Continue reading
Posted in Bushfood, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve
Tagged Backyard beehomes, Blue Banded Amegilla cingulata, Bushfoods, Buzz pollination, Leaf Cutter Bees Megachile sp, Len Kann, Native Ginger Alpinia caerulea, Photography, Sugarbag Stingless Bee Trigona sp., Teddy Bear Amegilla sp
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Blue Banded Bee and Crane Fly up close
By: Michael Fox Macro-photography allows us to see insects in a completely new way. Why a Blue Banded Bee? Macro-photography shows the vivid blue bands that give this special native bee its name. Australia has over 1,500 native bees most … Continue reading
Bringing butterflies to your garden
n Living on the edge of Mt Gravatt Reserve we often have butterflies visiting our yard. Today I videoed this Cabbage White Pieris rapae feeding on the Thyme flowers in our rose garden. Michael Braby in Butterflies of Australia describes … Continue reading
Posted in Bushcare Articles, Pollinator Link, Showgrounds Precinct, Wildlife Corridor, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve
Tagged Bushcare, Butterfly, Cabbage White Pieris rapae, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus, Pollinator Link, Southside Community News, Wildlife corridor
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Blue Banded Bees and Variegated Fairy Wren
a A Blue Banded Bee – Amegilla cingulata getting nectar from one of our special Bottle Brush Grass Tree – Xanthorrhoea macronema. It is particularly pleasing to photograph my first Blue Banded Bee today because I am currently writing an … Continue reading
Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Showgrounds Precinct, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve
Tagged Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla cingulata, Bottle Brush Grass Tree - Xanthorrhoea macronema, Bushcare, Buzz pollination, Buzz pollinators, Mt Gravatt Environment Group, Pollinator Link, Variegated Fairy Wrens Malurus lamberti, wildlife
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