Fieldwork at Peter Murrell Reserve,  6&7 March 2010
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Fieldwork at Peter Murrell Reserve,  6&7 Mar 2010
 

 

Setting traps. 

MD

 

       Weighing a catch; a potoroo in the bag.         

BH

 

 

A potoroo,
Potorous tridactylus.

BH

 

A young potoroo...

AmT

 

  

 ...in hand.

AmT

 

Exposing a tiny potoroo pouch-embryo.

AmT

 

A cute Swamp rat,
Rattus lutreolus.

BH

 

This Mountain Dragon lizard is very cryptic against the ground-litter.

AbT

 

An intercept trap for catching flying insects.

AbT

 

Enamelled spider, Araneus bradleyi.

This species is unusual in that individuals can vary immensely in colour and pattern of top of their abdomens. See www.tasmanianspiders.info .

AbT

Top view of a spider...
...and bottom view.
Argiope trifasciata.

AbT

 

A Red Velvet mite, about 5mm across the legs.
Most species of mite are much smaller than this.

AbT

 

Gumleaf grasshopper, Goniaea australasiae, resting on a fern.

AbT

 

A leafhopper, Eurymela sp, probably E. distincta.

AbT

AbT
A moth, Onycodes traumataria (Geometridae: Oenochrominae),
which feeds on Leptospermum (tea-tree).

 

Photos by Abbey Throssell, Beth Heap, Amanda Thomson, Michael Driessen

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