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Rhotidus teliformisObserver
paul2georgeDescription
Possibly Stenocotis depressa
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Cyathochaeta diandraObserver
bargosnowsDescription
This grass has proliferated after the bushfires and subsequent rains and has become the predominant grass over a wide area . Height up to 1m +
Area burnt 19th December 2019
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Sartallus signatusObserver
matthew_connorsDescription
Found on the underside of a cuttlebone washed up on the beach
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Genus WilliamsitaObserver
triplettDescription
about 10mm long. went into a hold in a dead tree
Update: saw a similar wasp on the same tree going into 3 different holes and coming out quite quickly. The third photo shows one where it watched me from the entrance for a while before it came out.
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Eve's Needle Cactus (Austrocylindropuntia subulata)Observer
harleybDescription
This is a cultivated garden plant but is a WONS and a prohibited plant in the ACT. Help with ID appreciated.
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Trigonomyia tulipaObserver
manfdotDescription
Galls were found on plants of Olearia axillaris. The wasp shown in one photo is a parasitic wasp and not the gall midge.
See https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41319561#page/71/mode/1up for description of the species.
See the following observations for details of the parasitic wasps that emerged from these galls:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/146385143
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/146386157
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/146386017
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Brown Sedge (Carex disticha)Observer
jackiemilesDescription
In a boggy creek line at c. 730m elevation, not common. Matches photos I have of Carex disticha which have been confirmed with a specimen by Sydney RBG herbarium. Looks a bit like C. appressa but culms are spread along a rhizome, not clumped and inflorescence is shorter.
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Machaerina muelleriObserver
nicklambertDescription
Quite small, smooth margins.
Another here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183597790
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Genus TrichilogasterObserver
insiderelicDescription
Host species is Acacia acinacea.
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simongroveDescription
Ironomyiid fly Ironomyia nigromaculata, Peter Murrell Reserve, Blackmans Bay, Tasmania, January 2020
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Schoenus caespitansObserver
jasonbuttDescription
Culms scarcely longer than leaves. Broad pale midrib on glumes.
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Carex barbataObserver
gsinclairDescription
I think Carex Viridula however not recorded in Australia yet?
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Winifredia solaObserver
timrudmanDescription
A rigid robust restionaceae found in wetter parts of moorlands in SW Tasmania. It is readily distinguished from Chordifex hookeri by the much thicker , bright green, well separated and hollow stems. They snap rather than bend like other restionaceae in moorland. See photo showing hollow core on a grazed plant.
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Order UstilaginalesObserver
kstenmanDescription
Themeda infected with smut fungus
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Kopata Storksbill (Pelargonium littorale)Observer
reinerDescription
Geranium ?retrorsum
Identified as Pelargonium australe on Bowerbird by Richard HARTLAND: "I rhink this could be Pelargonium either australe which is common or the rarer P littoralis,"
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Stamnaria persooniiObserver
filipfuljerDescription
decomposing stems of Equisetum fluviatile, alpine peat bog, leg. M. Krivúš, det. A. Polhorský
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Stamnaria yugranaObserver
ninacourleeDescription
On fallen side branches of Equisetum sylvaticum.
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Teranodes otwayensisObserver
daviakerDescription
Spider - Not Yet Identified - Araneae
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Gall and Rust Mites (Family Eriophyidae)Observer
nomennudumDescription
Eriophyid mite galls on cultivated Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia.
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Ribbed Case Moth (Hyalarcta nigrescens)Observer
martinlagerweyDescription
Ribbed Casemoth (Hyalarcta nigrescens)
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pmwhitingtonDescription
ID based on Rentz "A Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia"
- reddish edges and reddish legs
- spine on ningth tergite (arrow in photo #4)
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Fungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies (Family Tineidae)Observer
vukDescription
Backyard regular survey
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Cape Cowslips (Genus Lachenalia)Observer
russellbestDescription
Seems to be variably named as Lachenalia aloides, Lachenalia aurea or Lachenalia aloides v. aurea.
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Cape Cowslip (Lachenalia aloides)Observer
cornerautenbachDescription
This is the same spot where L aloides was identified last year. Although the white apical band is not very visible, the apices is a more deep red color comparing to L quadricolor which is more purple/magenta.
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Prostrate Capeweed (Arctotheca prostrata)Observer
spoonbilljames1995Description
- Arctotheca species with capitula all yellow. Plants producing rosettes which soon develop creeping stolons which root at the nodes. A very different plant when compared with A.calendula.
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African Corn Lily (Ixia maculata)Observer
heleneprestonDescription
Yellow Ixia with red tips on outside. Black centre
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Cape Cowslips (Genus Lachenalia)Observer
wolfeywolfeDescription
Woorak cemetery plant. Would love to know if it’s native or introduced.
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Cape Cowslips (Genus Lachenalia)Observer
justpatchyDescription
Non native.. Removed and destroyed..
