Imperial Jezebel (Delias harpalyce) Photo: Bob Green Bryan is our resident invertebrate expert, and is particularly adept at butterfly identification. So recently when he spotted some unusual butterfly observations popping up on iNaturalist, he was reminded of his own surprising sighting of this particular butterfly, which...
Eared worm-lizard (Aprasia aurita) PF Olsen, OneFortyOne (OFO) and Nature Glenelg Trust are joining forces to try and find new colonies of the endangered eared worm-lizard (Aprasia aurita) in the Limestone Coast region (pictured). With a five-year project funded from PF Olsen (and annual support through...
Monitoring of chosen groups of indicator wildlife that tell us about our restoration journey is a fascinating component to what we do here at NGT. Secretly, I think we'd all like to be out doing surveys of some sort!This month I gave a talk to...
Volunteers are worth their weight in gold! Hence, when I was invited to speak at the Millicent Field Naturalists Society 60th Birthday celebration I was chuffed, as this group contributes so much, in so many ways.The celebration commenced out at Millicent's beautiful Lake McIntyre, with...
OneFortyOne have recently sponsored a project with Nature Glenelg Trust and Burrandies Aboriginal Corporation to help tackle the issue of wild pines that have spread into bushland in the Green Triangle cross-border region of SA and Victoria. This three year trial project hopes to cover...
The butterfly family Hesperiidae contains a large group of butterflies referred to as 'Skippers'. In the Green Triangle region of south-east South Australia and western Victoria we have many butterflies in this family, occurring from inland mallee and low rainfall sandy heathlands to the...
I first met Kath way back in 1992, when a university mate (Karen Beaumont) was undertaking a project at Sheriffs Reserve near Naracoorte in the Limestone Coast. I came down to help with the field work documenting the plants and management issues for the reserve....
Last month, NGT highlighted the exciting expansion of Mount Burr Swamp Restoration Reserve with our Stage II area. Over the coming months we hope to show our supporters the amazing work going on to restore wetlands in this area and the broader landscape out at...
Native grasslands are very special places, chock full of biodiversity, but are now often highly degraded after a long history of grazing, clearance, drainage, and the list goes on! Historically native grasslands were places rejuvenated by fire, with first nations people managing the land through...
Is your garden in need of some brightening up over the summer months? Do you want to have more butterflies and beneficial insects in your garden? Then why not get to know the native Christmas bush! Christmas bush (also called 'native box' or 'sweet bursaria') has...
