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Scaptia monticolaObserver
pmwhitingtonDescription
ID based on Mackerras' 1960 description:
stoutly built, dark brown species, distinguished by having conspicuous cream supra- and postalar tufts, light yellowish-brown basicosta (vs. blackish-brown basicosta for abdominalis) and shorter and broader palpi than abdominalis.
cell r5 slightly narrowed (vs. moderately narrowed for abdominalis)
colouration of antennae, palps, beard, thorax, legs and abdomen match
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Kānuka (Kunzea ericoides)Observer
chrisjonkersDescription
Flowers c10mm across; stamens longer than petals c4mm long; pedicels 5-10mm long; leaves alternate mostly in clusters, 0.6-2.5 cm long x 1-4.5 mm wide, apex pointed; capsule c 4mm x 4mm; bark flakey. Possibly planted?
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Persoonia recedensObserver
chrisjonkersDescription
3 years after fire, no flowers as yet. Growing on margins of an MU50 Newnes Plateau Shrub Swamp EEC
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Persoonia recedensObserver
chrisjonkersDescription
With a Soldier Beetle for scale.
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King-in-His-Carriage (Drakaea glyptodon)Observer
gibbergavinDescription
plant 17 cm high
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Silky Swainson-Pea (Swainsona sericea)Observer
camidgeDescription
Hairy leaves don't match the iNaturalist suggestions
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Olearia asterotrichaObserver
chrisjonkersDescription
Now named Olearia asterotricha subsp. glaucophylla. First discovered in this vicinity by E.C. Chisholm on 1 May 1922. About 15 plants regrowing from seed in Eucalyptus sclerophylla grassy woodland after fire in mid-December 2019. Photo of plant in flower taken on 19th October.
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Tall Bush-Pea (Pultenaea altissima)Observer
chrisjonkersDescription
In an area not burnt in the 2019 Green Wattle Creek fire. Erect shrub 2-3m
tall with +/- drooping, glabrous branches; spatula to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, with short paired stipules 1–2 mm long. Flowers entirely yellow.
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Chaffy Scale-Rush (Lepyrodia scariosa)Observer
chrisjonkersDescription
MU51 Newnes Plateau Hanging Swamp
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Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora costata)Observer
pratyekaDescription
@dnicolle Note the fused limbs. First time I have seen it.
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jenny_wDescription
I have seen a similar one identified as cossonus nitidirostris on the web.
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Rainbow Mantis (Sphodropoda quinquedens)Observer
matthew_connorsDescription
A stunning display of colour!
A final goodbye from Rosalind, our friendly neighbourhood mantis
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mattbarrettDescription
Lignicolous, on very rotten log of Araucaria cunninghamii. Spores ovoid, yellow in KOH, c. 6x4 um. Clamps absent.
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Artist's Brackets, Reishi, and Allies (Genus Ganoderma)Observer
doreenmarchesanDescription
Growing amongst other fungi on log. Some stalks longer than this.
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Bog Saw-Sedge (Gahnia subaequiglumis)Observer
margaretjbDescription
Dense, dark inflorescence; glumes with long acuminate points. Could not readily observe seeds.
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Comptosia insignisObserver
irene_rDescription
Large reddish bee fly feeding on Leptospermum flowers.
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Genus LasioglossumObserver
chrisjonkersDescription
Curled up in a Diuris chryseopsis.
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Stylogaster neglectaObserver
cyricDescription
A female Thick-headed Fly, Stylogaster neglecta, at Oxbows Park.
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Aulacophora hilarisObserver
martinlagerweyDescription
Pumpkin Beetle; Galerucini; Aulacophora hilaris
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Eulina haemostictaObserver
luis615Description
Small beetle on Sarcochilus orchid
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brian_grDescription
14 Callistemon shrubs with purple flowers, in close proximity, growing in swampy woodland east of Back Creek. Other likely specimens located nearby, but without flowers. Opportunistic flowering after extreme summer weather conditions.
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Crucifix Spadefoot Frog (Notaden bennettii)Observer
rigel22Description
occurs anywhere in the sandy areas
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Crucifix Spadefoot Frog (Notaden bennettii)Observer
garywwilsonDescription
A burrowing species with aposematic colouration that deters predators when the species surfaces after rain.
