Tag Archives: iNaturalist App

Become a Bee Guardian today for $33

Posted on 25/03/2021 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox “Do you have a registered Pollinator Link® garden?” As a registered Pollinator Link® garden you can become a Bee Guardian and citizen scientist researching ways to repopulate our city gardens with native solitary bees and answer the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bee Guardian, Bee Home, Brisbane City Council, citizen scientist, COUNCILLOR FIONA HAMMOND, Crown Bees, iNaturalist App, Mason Bees UK, Native Sarsaparilla Hardenbergia violacea, solitary bees | 2 Comments

Bee Guardian Project – Stage 2 Trial

Posted on 18/01/2021 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox I am often asked: “How do I to get native bees to move into my Bee Home?” People are often thinking of the Native Stingless Bees Tetragonula sp. which, unlike solitary native bees, form colonies and make … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Bee Guardian Home, cocoon, Crown Bees, https://pollinatorlink.org/2021/01/14/native-solitary-bee-home-trial/, iNaturalist App, Kit Prendergast, Leafcutter, Mason Bees UK, resin bees, solitary native bees, Stingless Bees Tetragonula sp. | Leave a comment

Understanding community participation in urban conservation

Posted on 21/11/2020 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Understanding the motivations and challenges of community members already engaged in creating urban wildlife habitat, is a valuable step in building communications strategies to drive behaviour change across the broader community. Therefore, Jake Slinger’s university research thesis … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Community Nursery, GroNative, Habitat Tripod, iNaturalist App, Jake Slinger, Plant Local to Feed Locals, pollinators, urban conservation | Leave a comment

Hovering Hawk Moths in your garden

Posted on 21/04/2020 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii, Bee Hummingbird, Charles Darwin, hummingbird hawkmoth, iNaturalist App, Kew Gardens, Macroglossinae, Vine Hawk Moth Hippotion celerio | 3 Comments

Cute Domino Coukoo Bee found

Posted on 08/04/2020 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

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 →