Good to see the great progress that is being achieved on Paul and Sugina’s lovely bushland block than runs off the spine of the Bull Creek Range. It’s amazing how much the weed burden has been reduced over the past few years which will have the added benefit of significantly reducing the fire risk. It was a classic autumn day, great to be in the bush, with lots of small bush birds such as wrens and thornbills close at hand. Four of us worked on broom hand-pulling plants in the western part of the property. The leaves on many broom plants, though not killed, had been stripped off possibly by the larva (caterpillar) of the Glatigny’s Tiger moth (see image of adult) as seen last year on other properties nearby. The caterpillars have disappeared, and although there were lots of butterflies around, they looked like the Common Brown butterfly (top two images), not Glatigny’s Tiger moth (bottom image). See also images of caterpillars taken on a nearby property last year in previous post...
See you all at my place on the 29th of April!
Tim
Photo: Greg Miles http://www.climatewatch.org.au/species/insects/common-brown-butterfly
black and white tiger moth Spilosoma glatignyi (Le Guillou)
| The clean sweep for broom |
| "Fern Gully' as named by Tim (good one Tim!) |
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