{"id":3146,"date":"2021-02-18T14:07:54","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T03:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2021-02-18T14:07:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T03:07:54","slug":"an-assortment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2021\/02\/18\/an-assortment\/","title":{"rendered":"An Assortment."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This season the larger butterflies have been a bit sparse, whereas on the other hand, Yellow-banded Darts have been much more numerous than previously observed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/ybdart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/ybdartb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"691\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/dartgrass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/dartgrassb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"566\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One night on the moth sheet, two groups of these insects were recorded for the first time. They are seed bugs, small insects with a big name, Remaudiereana inornata.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/seedbugs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/seedbugsb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While checking the Snowy River Wattle these eggs were discovered, one batch intact, one batch hatched, identity is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/eggs1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"856\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/eggs2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"793\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More eggs, this time on a Brittle Gum trunk, these were laid by a Sparshall&#8217;s moth, Trichiocercus sparshalli. The female covers the eggs with a thick mat of scales from her abdomen, probably for protection.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/trich.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"886\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On a Yellow Gum trunk, a beetle larva.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/larva.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"920\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A very large robber fly with an appropriate name, Neoaratus hercules.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/robber.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"893\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And native bees are still hard at work, Lasioglossum calophyllae.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/lasiog.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"539\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Some images will enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This season the larger butterflies have been a bit sparse, whereas on the other hand, Yellow-banded Darts have been much more numerous than previously observed. One night on the moth sheet, two groups of these insects were recorded for the first time. They are seed bugs, small insects with a big name, Remaudiereana inornata. While &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2021\/02\/18\/an-assortment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Assortment.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}