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AlisonMilton wrote:
1 hr ago
@Tawny4 A native Eucalyptus beetle
Paropsisterna beata
MLH wrote:
2 hrs ago
It is an easy mistake to confuse planted E. macarthurii and E. aggregata. Both grow on river flats and have grey fibrous to flaky bark. Camden woollybutt (E. macarthurii) grows in open forest on flats and near watercourses on the Central and Southern Tablelands between the Blue Mountains and Goulburn and has clustered conical fruits similar size to E. aggregata. E. aggregata appears quite susceptible to drought as the dieback/deaths of several of the large trees at Kowen in 2019 would attest. Both species are threatened and listed under EPBC Act
Eucalyptus (genus)
waltraud wrote:
3 hrs ago
MLH many thanks for interesting comments. In reg to habitat the saplings grow at the bottom of a large drainage line that starts high on Mt Majura, runs first in north-south direction and then bends east-west; there are indicator plants such as rushes and sedges and other species that benefit from moist conditions. We lost planted shrubs during the 2021-23 LaNina events presumably because it was too wet.
Eucalyptus (genus)
DPRees125 wrote:
7 hrs ago
Well done Wendy, thank you, yes your suggestion fits very well, we were lucky here we had a nice fresh one, and I was able to get good images of this tiny moth.
Symbolistis argyromitra
MLH wrote:
8 hrs ago
I have my doubts that the wild recruits of what was though to be E. aggregata, actually are. A significant indicator is that by the 12th leaf node, (less than 30 cm tall) pure aggregata, as opposed to hybrids, shift to alternate leaf morphology. If these saplings are still opposite leaved then they are not aggregata. Possibly a hybrid but seems more likely another species as this area is not really wet enough for E. aggregata. Note that another sighting Eucalyptus aggregata (Black Gum) has from the seedling leaf been ruled out as E. aggregata and it too is gowing in a habitat too dry for E. aggregata. The seedlings at the fair may be another example of E. macarthurii masquerading as E. aggregata.
Eucalyptus (genus)

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