Eika at PIPn - Kaurna Country

“Dire threat of collapse”: southern Australia’s most important river system

It's probably still working overall. There's always someone out there lacking consideration of others.

I think it's a Leptospermum (tea-tree) species.

I was only slightly fearing it was a taipan.

Tiny school works to save extremely rare 'flying jewel' butterfly It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more help to survive — and a group of NSW primary school students has stepped up ...

A fascinating story about the endangered Purple Copper Butterfly (Paralucia spinifera), it’s mutualistic relationship with a species of ant, and the efforts of one primary school to save it 🦋🐜

#ausinverts #wildoz #butterfly #caterpillarscount #conservation #nature

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#ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #nature #insects

Skinny bodied insect with large long antenna.

Small spikes on antenna. Antenna 3 times longer than legs

Long bulky bodied insect. About 4cm long.

Insect with wider body, long legs, and wider antenna with little spikes along it.

Longicorn beetles, Adelaide, Australia
Phoracantha semipunctata and Phoracantha tricuspis.

I'm waiting for a truck of mulch.
I hope my gardening speed is as fast as my enthusiasm.

#ozflora

I scoured back and forth but couldn't find any friends for this yellow daisy. I'm pretty sure it is Senecio linearifolius.
I found one similar plant but couldn't confirm it.

#provenanceindigenousplants
#ozplants #nativeplantsaustralia #australiannativeplants
#kaurnacountry

❤️ the flying bolt-cutters.

Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): Simplified representation of attachment stages and seed germination phases in the early life cycle of mistletoes. (A) Seed germination phases in Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Schlecht. & Cham.) G. Don (Loranthaceae) (modified from Ibarra-Laclette et al., 2022 and Ornelas et al., 2024) including the darkening of the embryo at the base (days 1 and 2), seed coat breakdown (days 3–4), cotyledon expansion (days 4–7), and fully expanded cotyledons (days 8–14).

🔎 INSIGHT 🔎

🌱 Secure but flexible: temporary adhesion in mistletoe seedlings - Ornelas & Morales-Saldaña

📝 Insight: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
🔬 Research: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪

Photos from the recent Reconciliation Walk, guided by Kaurna Elders Frank Wangutya and Colleen Wanganeen. These engaging Elders generously shared stories, including of the Kaurna school once run by German missionaries at what is now Possum Park / Pirlawadli (Park 1). 📷 @adelaidewriter

'Everyone comes here now': New culture centre a dream come true for Kaurna elder A new place for Kaurna people to gather and share stories has opened in Port Adelaide, and those involved say they will never forget the reception it has received from the local community.

A place for Kaurna people to gather and share culture and stories in Adelaide is a dream come true for elders like 95-year-old Lewis O'Brien.

"It started really probably 30 years ago when the old people got together and they said we should have a centre," Uncle Lewis explained.

Transforming Aboriginal kidney health through connection and culture: Kelli Owen Introduction by Croakey Professional Services: When Kaurna, Narungga and Ngarrindjeri woman, Kelli Owen, was asked to speak at a conference about

Big thanks to Kaurna, Narungga and Ngarrindjeri woman, Kelli Owen, for sharing your story on: Transforming Aboriginal kidney health through connection and culture www.croakey.org/transforming...
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HT Women in Public Health

Innovative 'moonshot' plan to galvanise Aussies around $24.5 billion problem It's hoped Australia can attempt the impossible if it galvanises its best minds. Find out more.

Australia needs its own “moonshot” to galvanise the country’s best minds behind stopping the spread of feral species, a parliamentary roundtable has heard.

Invasives cost the nation around $24.5 billion a year, and efforts to contain them are failing.
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#caterpillar #moths #wildoz #australiannativeplants

Eutaxia microphylla flowers. Red buds, yellow flowers, small green leaves.

Upside down caterpillar, black belly (top), white striped back (below).

Front of green caterpillar with face in front of flowers.

Green caterpillar with neck stripe and paired black dots.

Eutaxia microphylla, small-leaved eutaxia. Plus two Geometridae caterpillars.

I thought those were real. Good job.

New branch aquired.

Gorgeous illustrations. I would love to see my local habitats drawn like this. It is informative and beautiful.

I agree that it is a good idea. Can it be run without Google or Amazon involvement? 🌸

Top image shows cuttlefish laying eggs on the underside of rocks. Bottom image shows a pip on the seafloor pumping bubbles into the water. Text over image says Bubble curtains announced to protect cuttlefish.

The SA and Federal Governments will trial bubble curtains to protect a section of the giant cuttlefish breeding site in the Upper Spencer Gulf from the algal bloom 🦑

biodiversitycouncil....

#GiantCuttlefish #SpencerGulf #AlgalBloom #MarineConservation #Oceans #Wildlife

Pink native indigo flowers. Taken with flash.

Six pink flower clusters along a stem of Indigofera australis tubestock.

Native indigo, Indigofera australis. Repotted in hopes of collecting seed from these flowers.

#nativeplantsaustralia #native #plants

Woah. Another reason dark skies are so important.

Please do.

Dark skies for nature!

The Australian Bogong moth may be 1st invertebrate known to be able to use stars to navigate, says OA paper. Experiments indicate the insects use stellar cues, in addition to magnetic sense, to help them fly in the right direction: spklr.io/63328BHGga

🧪 @biologylu.bsky.social @nature.com

Unfortunately the Drop Bear is still a daily threat here.

Fire size & vegetation productivity shape bird diversity across burned landscapes in the Atlantic Forest 🔥

Suggests that effective measures, such as the implementation of ‘fire-smart management’ practices, are essential to safeguard bird diversity 🐦🌏🧪

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