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| Threatening clouds over Mt French |
Like last year's outing which couldn't go ahead because of rain, wet weather was again forecast. However 17 enthusiastic amateur lepidopterists arrived, plus our moth specialists, so everything was go, go, go.
First we took a stroll through the paddocks. Intermittent showers sent some scurrying back to the shelter of the deck. Meanwhile the stalwart ones had some good birding including great views of the startlingly coloured male Red-backed Fairy-wren as they crossed the creek which winds through the property.
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| FFNC members engrossed in the moths |
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A deep discussion
on where to set up the sheet |
After a very social tea on the deck the white sheet was set up and the real business of the outing got underway. The bright lights in the warm, humid weather attracted plenty of insects to study. Cameras and phones came out to capture the moment.
Some really striking moths came to the sheet. The variety of sizes was amazing, and not everything was a moth. A complete list of the species that were identified will be added at a later date. Meanwhile enjoy the following images.
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| The beautiful Donuca rubropicta |
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| The green Parotis marginate, smaller moth to be identified |
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| Shining in the dark |
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| What a pretty little thing |
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| Cleora displicata possibly |
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| A wide range of sizes |
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| Large moth - probably Grammodes justa, other moths to be identified |
Photographers: L. Beaton, N. Crepin, W. Dunn
Birds: Spotted Dove, Crested Pigeon,
Peaceful Dove, Bar-shouldered Dove, Straw-necked Ibis, Masked Lapwing, Galah,
Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Australian King-Parrot, Pale-headed
Rosella, Pheasant Coucal, Eastern Koel, Channel-billed Cuckoo, Little
Bronze-Cuckoo, Sacred Kingfisher, Superb Fairy-wren, Red-backed Fairy-wren,
White-throated Gerygone, Eastern Spinebill, Noisy Miner, Brown Honeyeater,
White-throated Honeyeater, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Little Friarbird, Striped
Honeyeater, Grey-crowned Babbler, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, White-winged
Triller, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Australasian Figbird, Grey
Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Spangled Drongo, Willie Wagtail, Torresian
Crow, Magpie-lark, Golden-headed Cisticola, Tawny Grassbird,
Silvereye, Welcome Swallow, Fairy Martin, Mistletoebird, Double-barred Finch, House
Sparrow.
Butterflies: Wanderer (Danaus
plexippus)
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| Mistletoe on mistletoe on a bottlebrush |
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A magnificent Ancient
on our walk through the paddocks |
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Mantid Lacewing
- possibly Austromantispa imbecilla
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