Mount Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox

Great getting out in the bush after the rain. The Fox Gully Bushcare team worked on weeding the 2018 National Tree Day site.

All the plants are thriving including the weeds. Our main focus was removing Guinea Grass Megathyrsus maximus, Flannel Weed Sida cordifolia and Cobblers Peg Bidens pilosa before seeds set, breaking the weed cycle.

The rain also bought lots of insects and spiders including two species not previously Reported in the Reserve. An Eight-spotted Leaf Beetle and Round Ant Eater spider.

Eight-spotted Leaf Beetle Paropsisterna sexpustulata

Round Ant Eater spider Zenodorus orbiculatus (female) Note name change from Omoedus orbiculatus.

Union-Jack Wolf Spider Tasmanicosa sp. – with egg sac

St Andrew’s Cross Spider Argiope Keyserlingi – underside

Variable Ladybird Beetle Coelophora inaequalis larvae

Transverse Ladybird Beetle Coccinella transversalis