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AndyRoo wrote:
49 min ago
Even though it is in a grassland?
Cheilanthes (genus)
dcnicholls wrote:
1 hr ago
It’s a bit too young to tell and it could be Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia
Cheilanthes (genus)
waltraud wrote:
2 hrs ago
yes and the description of juvenile leaves fit specimens observed in the field....
Eucalyptus (genus)
WendyEM wrote:
4 hrs ago
I'd still go with Chelepteryx collesi. Most images (incl. Don's site) of C. chalepteryx have a distinct stripe along the back, lacks the white rings around the body (has diagonal dashes instead) and has less and shorter 'hairs' on the 'face' than above. The 'hairs' of C. chalepteryx are mostly brown, on C. collesi (and above) they have a strong red colour and are interspersed with strong white ones. The blobs (being slack and not looking up correct term!) running along the back are closer together (across the body) and yellow in C. collesi (and above), likewise anal claspers and prolegs are yellow. These are beige in C. chalepteryx .
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=355221
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&q=larva&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=465428
Chelepteryx collesi
Jennybach wrote:
7 hrs ago
Yes there were no bees remaining. And what caught my notice in the first place were Noisy Miners present inside the freshly cut trunk. Suddenly the bees would have become very vulnerable. Or would they have been removed somehow before the tree was removed, site of removal obvious just near the trunk photographed. I was fascinated though by how intact and pristine the honeycomb remained. A very strong structure.
Apis mellifera

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