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1 0 Hoverfly

Hoverfly

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

A hoverfly I spotted feeding on the nectar of Isotoma anethifolia, ...

3 4 Eastern Water Skink

Eastern Water Skink

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

There are 389 species of skink in Australia, which is about half of our lizard ...

2 0 Marbled Xenica

Marbled Xenica

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

information about this species can be found a spotting I made 2 years ago, ...

3 0 Common Fieldcap

Common Fieldcap

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Agrocybe pediades, also known as "common fieldcap", is a small agaric fungus in ...

2 0 Eastern Water Skink

Eastern Water Skink

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

There are 389 species of skink in Australia, which is about half of our lizard ...

1 0 Huntsman Spider Egg Sacs

Huntsman Spider Egg Sacs

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

I found a couple of these interesting silken egg sacs on a bush track, and it ...

7 0 Eastern Grey Kangaroos (juvenile joeys)

Eastern Grey Kangaroos (juvenile joeys)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

The eastern grey kangaroo is a marsupial found in southern and eastern ...

4 6 Ganoderma sp. Polypore

Ganoderma sp. Polypore

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

, shelf-like brackets found in Girraween ...

1 0 Horsehoof Fungus

Horsehoof Fungus

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

specimen, and it has been untouched by recent bushfires that ravaged this ...

8 5 Leathery Earthfan

Leathery Earthfan

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

with pine trees and forests, of which there are none in

0 0 Black Cypress Pine

Black Cypress Pine

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

, NSW, and VIC. In Girraween, the only ...

4 2 Eucalyptus tree (bushfire recovery)

Eucalyptus tree (bushfire recovery)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

which there are 30 eucalypt species* that have been documented in

0 0 Large Daisy Bush

Large Daisy Bush

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Olearia canescens (Grey Daisy Bush) which also occurs in

0 0 False Sarsaparilla Vine

False Sarsaparilla Vine

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Hardenbergia violacea, also commonly known as "false sarsaparilla, purple coral ...

4 0 Grisette

Grisette

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Amanita vaginata, commonly known as the "grisette", is an agaric mushroom in ...

1 0 Tree Trigger-plant

Tree Trigger-plant

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Stylidium laricifolium, commonly known as the "larch-leaf, tree trigger-plant, ...

1 0 White Punk

White Punk

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

A polypore fungus, Laetiporus portentosus, commonly known as "white punk", ...

2 0 Giant Red Bull Ant

Giant Red Bull Ant

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The Giant Red Bull Ant (aka "hoppy joe") is one of the largest ant species in ...

2 0 Gilled bolete - Phylloporus sp.

Gilled bolete - Phylloporus sp.

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

(common name unk.), a species that has been documented in

0 0 Black Cypress Pine

Black Cypress Pine

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

, NSW, and VIC. In Girraween, the only ...

4 2 Horsehoof Fungus (post bushfire)

Horsehoof Fungus (post bushfire)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

A bracket polypore and club fungi species, "horsehoof fungus" is very ...

0 2 Coral or Snow Lichen

Coral or Snow Lichen

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

can form large mats over Girraween's ...

1 0 Leptospermum sp. Tea-tree (bushfire recovery)

Leptospermum sp. Tea-tree (bushfire recovery)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

In the aftermath of February's devastating bushfires, new life is starting to ...

2 0 Orange Lichen

Orange Lichen

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

documented in Girraween

1 2 Cortinarius sp.?

Cortinarius sp.?

by Neil RossNSW, Australia

Large golden-yellow/brown agaric mushroom, possibly Cortinarius sp. ...

0 0 Tiger's Eye

Tiger's Eye

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Coltricia cinnamomea, commonly known as "tiger's eye", is a stemmed polypore ...

3 0 Freshwater Green Algae

Freshwater Green Algae

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

will try to narrow down some potential ID candidates. Here's a PDF I found for ...

2 0 Red Wattlebird

Red Wattlebird

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The Red Wattlebird, also known as Barkingbird or Gillbird, is the second ...

10 9 Pied Currawong

Pied Currawong

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

One of my favourite Australian birds, the Pied Currawong, is closely related to ...

6 2 Eastern Grey Kangaroo (juvenile female)

Eastern Grey Kangaroo (juvenile female)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

bushes. I didn't expect to see roos here simply because the

3 0 Drosera Sundew (carnivorous plant)

Drosera Sundew (carnivorous plant)

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

species of Drosera that have been documented in this

10 2 Sugar Ants (with chimney)

Sugar Ants (with chimney)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

I spotted these odd little structures along the trail that belong to "sugar ...

2 0 Mountain Orange Gum (bushfire recovery)

Mountain Orange Gum (bushfire recovery)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

These "mountain orange gums" are survivors of massive bushfires that roared ...

4 0 Small-eyed Box-owlet

Small-eyed Box-owlet

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Grammodes oculicola, commonly known as "small-eyed box-owlet", is a moth of the ...

2 0 Tenterfield Woollybutt (bushfire recovery)

Tenterfield Woollybutt (bushfire recovery)

by Neil RossWallangarra, Queensland, Australia

"Tenterfield woollybutt" is a native eucalypt species that's endemic to eastern ...

12 10 Laughing Kookaburra (my nemesis)

Laughing Kookaburra (my nemesis)

by Neil RossGirraween, Queensland, Australia

This is my 400th PN spotting, and I can't think of a better way to mark the ...

5 5 Cunningham's Skink

Cunningham's Skink

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Cunningham's skink is a large skink species native to southeastern Australia. ...

7 0 Jacky Dragon

Jacky Dragon

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

You'd be hard-pressed to find a smaller, cuter dragon than this - the Jacky ...

1 0 Conesticks

Conesticks

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

Petrophile canescens, commonly known as "conesticks", is a common shrub of the ...

3 0 Tree Trigger-plant

Tree Trigger-plant

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

My first encounter with this species. Stylidium laricifolium, commonly known as ...

1 2 Mountain Tea-tree

Mountain Tea-tree

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

National

1 0 Bracken (bushfire recovery)

Bracken (bushfire recovery)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

species found in Girraween - ...

6 4 Johnson's Grass Tree (bushfire recovery)

Johnson's Grass Tree (bushfire recovery)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

region in 2019. There are two species documented in

1 0 Wild Iris

Wild Iris

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

These are Australian native wildflowers that can grow in the harshest of ...

4 2 Red-bellied Black Snake (juvenile)

Red-bellied Black Snake (juvenile)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

The "red-bellied black snake" can be found along the east coast of Australia. ...

1 0 Youman's Stringybark

Youman's Stringybark

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

common local species in Girraween, and ...

3 6 Purple Russula sp.

Purple Russula sp.

by Neil RossNSW, Australia

Purple-capped agaric mushroom. Approximately 5-6 cms in diameter and height, ...

0 0 Sticky Hop Bush

Sticky Hop Bush

by Neil RossQLD, Australia

Colourful three-lobed seedpods that look like "winged" flowers are one of the ...

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