Time for a bush trip and The Insolvent Track was the choice. The first stop was at a patch of flowering Xerochrysum bracteatum, with a Painted Lady, Vanessa kershawi in attendance.
The track is remote from water but dragonflies were very abundant, a welcome sight. Further up the track Clustered Everlastings, Chrysocephalum semipapposum came into view, popular with Common Grass Blues, Zizina labradus.
Although the spring flowering is largely over there was still plenty of colour, plenty of Grass Trigger Plants, Stylidium graminifolium caught the eye, and on another stop, Bluebells, Wahlenbergia species were most attractive.
On the return trip a stop was made at some flowering Burgan. At one time this plant was known as Leptospermum phylicoides, it then became Kunzea ericoides which subsequently was determined to be a New Zealand plant, and at the moment it has been divided into five species with research continuing. The white flowers were very popular with a range of insects, especially a small Clerid beetle, Eleale pulcher.
A wait of a few minutes gave this Beefly, Aleucosia species time to choose a flower and settle to begin feeding.
And then a small highlight, a beautiful Jewel Beetle, Castiarina sexplagiata gave a brief opportunity for a photograph before it flew off .
Another nice sighting were plants of the Satin Everlasting, Helichrysum leucopsideum.
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