{"id":3245,"date":"2021-03-14T10:40:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T23:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2021-03-14T10:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T23:40:48","slug":"another-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2021\/03\/14\/another-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Collection."},"content":{"rendered":"

Various things, including one that was something of a surprise. The Common Shutwing dragonfly, Cordulephya pygmaea, inhabits streams and rivers, and is often seen in the riverside reserve three kilometres to the north-west. This small autumn flying species was not an expected sighting in the garden, but during the morning tree trunk inspection one was found perched on the Corymbia watsoniana.<\/p>\n

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One of the Yellow Gums produced some camera subjects, quite a number of these seed bugs, Daerlac cephalotes were in residence under bark flakes.<\/p>\n

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Further up the trunk, a wandering Uraba lugens caterpillar became caught in the web of an annoyed small spider in the Theridiidae family. There was quite a bit of interaction between the two, but eventually the caterpillar freed itself and continued on its way.<\/p>\n

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Velvet Ants, family Mutillidae, have been regulars on the tree trunks, usually wingless females, but on one occasion a winged male showed up.<\/p>\n

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Females.<\/p>\n

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A small Clerid beetle.<\/p>\n

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And up in the Omeo Gum, the baby Schellenberg’s Soldier Bugs have dispersed, leaving their rather unique empty egg cases behind.<\/p>\n

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Some images will enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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