Monthly Archives: April 2018

A pretty moth

Posted on Wednesday, 25 April 2018 by

Last Saturday at a landcare meeting on biocontrol of vines (from which I concluded that the beetles are useful but not a silver bullet – one more thing to add to the tools against feral vines), this moth (Amerila crokeri) … Continue reading →

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Earthstar

Posted on Monday, 16 April 2018 by

I’ve been wanting to see an earthstar ever since I saw photos in a field guide. What a romantic name! And this one was on my property last week during the rain. Earthstars are in the same taxonomic group as … Continue reading →

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