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Mike wrote:
3 hrs ago
Thanks @Heinol for your reply. I will continue recording fungi that are new to me or in new places, and hope they make a useful contribution. I wonder about the identification skills of some of the foragers in the local pine forest though they probably stick to a couple of tried and true species.
Agaricus sp.
MattM wrote:
3 hrs ago
Can't quite make it out from the images, but could also be S. verticillata which has awns giving the inflorescence a bristly appearance.
Setaria parviflora
HaukeKoch wrote:
3 hrs ago
Thanks for the details, Roger. I don't know if this a young female, of course, but there seem to be no signs of wing wear. There are old Banksia trees in some gardens in the neighbourhood, so perhaps there is a slim chance they could nest here. I'll keep more of an eye out for them now.
Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata
RogerF wrote:
Yesterday
The life cycle of MGCB in the ACT, mostly based on records from ANBG, is not well understood. Adults appear in late spring, the males first. Some may be immigrants but in some years they may emerge from local nests. The females are long lived and collect pollen and nectar to store in cells in their 'nests' that are tunnels in soft wood. No nests have ever been found in ANBG. Observations from Kangaroo Island show that the larvae develop over summer and pupate in autumn and young adults emerge in the nest in winter but do not normally emerge till the following spring. So the appearance of a young adult at this time is a mystery.
Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata
RogerF wrote:
Yesterday
Vth instar
Oedaleus australis

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