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Mt Nebo
On site at 6.30 to a damp, cloudy, cool morning (20C) with a light mist in the canopy. The sun did emerge at about 7.30 and it developed into the usual hot morning before I finished at midday.
Walked the Thylogale Circuit as usual, my main aim to install the two trail cameras again. I located one in the rainforest before the wooden walkway and another similar beyond the walkway. Overall it was very quiet, although the usual birds were calling I saw very little but recorded 21 species – 2 Noisy Pittas were calling but, as usual, remained unseen. I didn’t use any ‘encouragement’ mind you, simply relying on my dubious audio skills….
At 8, I headed up to Mt Glorious and found the café open – it was very busy as one would expect on a public holiday, but I got my coffee on the back deck as usual.
At 9 I headed back down to the Manorina track on Mt Nebo. I have always enjoyed this trail, walking up to the outlook, then back down by the fire trail.
It was, too, very quiet, with more birds heard than seen. I did find Kangaroo Vine Leaf Beetle Oides fryi and Blue Oides Leaf Beetle Oides laetabilis again – they seem to be a common occurrence at the moment – took photos of 2 Garden Soldier Flys Exaireta spinigera mating and a Lycid Beetle species Cladophorus cinctus.
Garden Soldier Fly Exaireta spinigera
Cladophorus cinctus
At the top of the walk in the open area before the Outlook, there were several butterflys. Unfortunately I could only ID the obvious ones as the others weren’t inclined to land – by this time it had warmed up considerably and they just kept going. I did have one species in mind, however, having been given good advice some time ago that Four-barred Swallowtail Protographium leosthenes was a possibility at this site. I did find one, but it, too, declined to land so photos were not obtained although I did watch it for about 10 minutes….
Thanks in part to the lack of bird activity I took some photos of flowers I saw around the place.
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| Bank's Violet Viola banksii |
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| Pointed Aneilema Aneilema acuminatum |
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| Spade Flower Pigea stellarioides |
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| Woody-root Woodsorrel Oxalis perennans |
As I headed down the fire trail I spotted a Red Robberfly Colepia rufiventris perched up on a twig.
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| Red Robber Fly Colepia rufiventris |
Further down the track a pair of Leafwings Doleschallia bisaltide, one of which did oblige.
Leafwing Doleschalia bisaltide
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