Category Archives: Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve

Blue Banded Bees visiting?

Posted on 07/11/2017 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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.

Posted in Photography, Pollinator Link, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla cingulata, Scurvy Weed (Native Wandering Jew) Commelina diffusa | Leave a comment

Feed the birds – ABC Counterpoint interview with Darryl Jones

Posted on 18/02/2014 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged bird feeding, bird song, Darryl Jones, Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus, Radio National Counterpoint, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus, water for birds | Leave a comment

Cubs in Mud – Backyard Beehomes

Posted on 16/06/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 | Leave a comment

Blue Banded Bee and Crane Fly up close

Posted on 24/03/2013 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Wildlife of Mt Gravatt Reserve | Tagged Alan Moore photography, Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla cingulata, Buzz pollination, halteres, macro-photography, Orange Crane Fly Tipula sp., Photography Workshop | Leave a comment

Bringing butterflies to your garden

Posted on 20/12/2011 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 | 1 Comment

Blue Banded Bees and Variegated Fairy Wren

Posted on 09/11/2011 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →