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Photographs and observations on Tasmania's natural history. ~ Birds, Moths, Fungi, Mammals and more....
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No Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos - Just Insects
After reading Denis Wilson's post on photographing Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos I was quite chuffed to see a flock of seven alighting on the dead trees in the gully near my house. I quickly ran inside to grab my camera and off I went up the hill to ...
Mothing - 27th October 2008
We had a very warm night last night. The temperature was still around 15 degrees at midnight. Unfortunately I couldn't leave the moth trap on all night as there was a risk of showers but a few did turn up before I hit the sack.First up there were 3 H...
Wattle Apple-gall Wasp
.....Trichilogaster sp.Apple-galls in the inflorescences of Acacias are caused by wasps which lay there eggs in the young flower buds. These wasps belong to the genus Trichilogaster of the family Pteromalidae. Some species are known to lay up to 400 ...
