MichaelBedingfield

Hi. I'm Michael Bedingfield (former username michaelb). I've been exploring the natural areas around southern Tuggeranong (ACT) since I moved here in 1992. I became interested in the local native plants when seeing the rich native floral diversity. Since then I've drawn many of them, joining Friends of Grasslands to share this interest. Later I began to document and photograph these plants, on Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve, the lower slopes of Mount Rob Roy Range, and the Murrumbidgee River Corridor. I also began photographing and drawing the local animals as well, large and small. Earlier in my life I had worked as a computer programmer and systems analyst in the Public Service. Then in 2014, Aaron Clausen and Michael Mulvaney asked me to help them in developing and administering the Canberra Nature Map website and the NatureMapr network. It has been a very rewarding experience. Canberra Nature Map has evolved to also be a ParkCare group, so nowadays I am also a member of the CNM committee.

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MichaelBedingfield is a moderator for the following locations:

Melrose  |  Old Tuggeranong TSR  |  Pine Island to Point Hut  |  Point Hut to Tharwa  |  Rob Roy Range  |  Tuggeranong Hill

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Anthrenus verbasci (Varied or Variegated Carpet Beetle) at Barton, ACT - 3 Nov 2024 by MichaelBedingfield
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 13 Jan 2024 by MichaelBedingfield
Dicranolaius bellulus (Red and Blue Pollen Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 9 Jan 2024 by MichaelBedingfield
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 7 Jan 2024 by MichaelBedingfield
Mordella sp. (genus) (Pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Pollinator-friendly garden Conder - 14 Dec 2023 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Pollinator-friendly garden Conder - 12 Dec 2023 by michaelb
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Pollinator-friendly garden Conder - 12 Dec 2023 by michaelb
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Pollinator-friendly garden Conder - 11 Dec 2023 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Pollinator-friendly garden Conder - 27 Nov 2023 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Tuggeranong, ACT - 26 Mar 2023 by michaelb
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 1 Feb 2023 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 17 Jan 2023 by michaelb
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 8 Jan 2023 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Conder, ACT - 8 Jan 2023 by michaelb
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 7 Jan 2023 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Jan 2023 by michaelb
Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 23 Jan 2022 by michaelb
Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Conder, ACT - 14 Jan 2022 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 30 Nov 2021 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 9 Nov 2021 by michaelb
Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Isabella Plains, ACT - 4 Apr 2021 by michaelb
Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Conder, ACT - 6 Mar 2021 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Monash, ACT - 4 Mar 2021 by michaelb
Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Brindabella, NSW - 1 Mar 2021 by michaelb
Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Conder, ACT - 21 Feb 2021 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Conder, ACT - 4 Jan 2021 by michaelb
Hoshihananomia leucosticta (Pintail or Tumbling flower beetle) at Conder, ACT - 2 Jan 2021 by michaelb
Mordella limbata (A pintail beetle) at Conder, ACT - 26 Dec 2020 by michaelb
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 14 Dec 2020 by michaelb
Ripiphoridae (family) (Wedge-shaped beetle) at Conder, ACT - 12 Dec 2020 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Conder, ACT - 24 Nov 2020 by michaelb
Dicranolaius villosus (Melyrid flower beetle) at Hume, ACT - 8 Nov 2020 by michaelb
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 8 Jan 2020 by michaelb
Dicranolaius bellulus (Red and Blue Pollen Beetle) at Tharwa, ACT - 21 Dec 2019 by michaelb
Porrostoma sp. (genus) (Lycid, Net-winged beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 15 Dec 2019 by michaelb
Porrostoma sp. (genus) (Lycid, Net-winged beetle) at Gordon, ACT - 27 Nov 2019 by michaelb
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 11 Nov 2019 by michaelb
Dermestidae sp. (family) (Dermestid, carpet or hide beetles) at Tennent, ACT - 11 Nov 2019 by michaelb
Platisus sp. (genus) (Flat bark beetle) at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 2 Nov 2019 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 20 Feb 2019 by michaelb
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 19 Jan 2019 by michaelb
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 19 Jan 2019 by michaelb
Hoshihananomia leucosticta (Pintail or Tumbling flower beetle) at Conder, ACT - 7 Jan 2019 by michaelb
Mordella dumbrelli (Dumbrell's Pintail Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 20 Dec 2018 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Tharwa, ACT - 9 Dec 2018 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 1 Dec 2018 by michaelb
Trichalus sp. (genus) (Net-winged beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 25 Oct 2018 by michaelb
Dicranolaius bellulus (Red and Blue Pollen Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 10 Apr 2018 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Rob Roy Spring 2(F) - 28 Feb 2018 by michaelb
Chauliognathus tricolor (Tricolor soldier beetle) at Conder, ACT - 30 Dec 2017 by michaelb
Dicranolaius bellulus (Red and Blue Pollen Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 29 Dec 2017 by michaelb
Meryx aequalis (Ulodid beetle) at Urambi Hills - 14 Apr 2017 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Mar 2017 by michaelb
Carphurus sp. (genus) (Soft-winged flower beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 2 Feb 2017 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 30 Jan 2017 by michaelb
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 21 Jan 2017 by michaelb
Hoshihananomia leucosticta (Pintail or Tumbling flower beetle) at Pine Island to Point Hut - 21 Jan 2017 by michaelb
Mordella sp. (genus) (Pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 16 Jan 2017 by michaelb
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 16 Jan 2017 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Greenway, ACT - 19 Dec 2016 by michaelb
Mordellidae (family) (Unidentified pintail or tumbling flower beetle) at Conder, ACT - 11 Dec 2016 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Conder, ACT - 19 Nov 2016 by michaelb
Porrostoma sp. (genus) (Lycid, Net-winged beetle) at Paddys River, ACT - 3 Nov 2016 by michaelb
Anthrenus verbasci (Varied or Variegated Carpet Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 20 Oct 2016 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Gordon, ACT - 6 Dec 2015 by michaelb
Porrostoma sp. (genus) (Lycid, Net-winged beetle) at Conder, ACT - 20 Oct 2015 by michaelb
Porrostoma rhipidium (Long-nosed Lycid (Net-winged) beetle) at Conder, ACT - 12 Apr 2015 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 5 Feb 2015 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Tennent, ACT - 4 Feb 2015 by michaelb
Chauliognathus lugubris (Plague Soldier Beetle) at Conder, ACT - 10 Feb 2013 by michaelb
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