{"id":4392,"date":"2024-11-06T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2024-11-06T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T03:58:18","slug":"a-few-odds-and-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2024\/11\/06\/a-few-odds-and-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"A few odds and ends."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a start, something new, found on the Eucalyptus parramattensis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/spring5\/cases1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"821\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/spring5\/cases2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Identification was found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/\">Inat<\/a>, they are the calcareous homes of tube spittlebug nymphs, family Machaerotidae. The tubes are composed of 75% calcium carbonate extracted from the xylem fluid on which they feed. The nymphs live in the tubes immersed in a rather clear fluid which they excrete.<\/p>\n<p>Spiders are still very scarce, two Tamopsis were spotted on one of the Brittle Gums on which they endeavour to be invisible..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/spring5\/tamopsis.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"756\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple of Holoplatys were also found on pine posts with plenty of hiding cracks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/spring5\/jumpps.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"770\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/spring5\/jumpps2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"812\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With a meal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/spring5\/jumper1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"1055\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a start, something new, found on the Eucalyptus parramattensis. Identification was found on Inat, they are the calcareous homes of tube spittlebug nymphs, family Machaerotidae. The tubes are composed of 75% calcium carbonate extracted from the xylem fluid on which they feed. The nymphs live in the tubes immersed in a rather clear fluid &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2024\/11\/06\/a-few-odds-and-ends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A few odds and ends.<\/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-4392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392","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=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4417,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions\/4417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}