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  1. Donald Hobern @[email protected] ·

    What am I missing here? I can't find anything close to this #moth from #GluepotReserve last week.

    The gestalt indicates #Gelechioidea and the labial palpi are recurved but not savagely so (unlike most #Australian #Oecophoridae or #Depressariidae which were my first guesses). The black legs suggest #Xyloryctidae and it's reminiscent of some NZ Gymnobathra apart from the palpi.

    There are also hints of #Erebidae, but surely not ...

    inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa

    #Lepidoptera #entomology

    #entomology #lepidoptera #erebidae #xyloryctidae #depressariidae #oecophoridae
  2. Donald Hobern @[email protected] ·

    I've been wondering about these cracks/grooves that appear in many places in the #mallee at #GluepotReserve.

    The sand kicked up at the sides suggests animal activity, so I assume these are used as sheltered trails by #ants.

    If so, do they dig them themselves or do they use cracks produced by water activity/drying or follow channels previously made by roots?

    #entomology #formicidae

    #formicidae #entomology #ants #gluepotreserve #mallee
  3. Donald Hobern @[email protected] ·

    I had a great and sanity-restoring few days camping, birding, mothing and photographing at #GluepotReserve in South Australia, a #mallee site managed by #BirdlifeAustralia.

    gluepot.org/

    My photographs:

    flickr.com/photos/dhobern/albu

    My wildlife observations at #iNaturalist:

    inaturalist.ala.org.au/observa

    Some #birds:

    scicomm.xyz/@dhobern/112626239

    scicomm.xyz/@dhobern/112626341

    scicomm.xyz/@dhobern/112626356

    Some #moths:

    scicomm.xyz/@dhobern/112626411

    #Ant stuff:

    scicomm.xyz/@dhobern/112626470
    scicomm.xyz/@dhobern/112626522

    #birdlifeaustralia #mallee #gluepotreserve #ant #moths #birds
  4. Donald Hobern @[email protected] ·

    The Sunday before last, I was in South Australia and decided to brave the 37C temperatures and visit #GluepotReserve (run by Birdlife Australia). I took the Whistler Walk. The #mallee was beautiful, though most wildlife was sensibly resting. Many #WoodSwallows and #HoneyEaters coming in to water in front of the hide.

    It's a beautiful place - I hope to go back and camp there when it's slightly less hot.

    Any ideas on what formed the burrow in the photo?

    gluepot.org/visit-us/visitor-s

    #birds #birding

    #birding #birds #honeyeaters #woodswallows #mallee #gluepotreserve