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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
Yesterday
@DrDJDavidJ . Good afternoon !

Could this _Tasmannia_ identify to _Tasmannia xerophila_ ? Perhaps i say. So I am asking you to check which _Tasmannia_ species please.
Fruits make it easy to identify which of these two species.

In your third photograph here, the wonderful white fruiting, shrub, different species: _Gaultheria appressa_ A.W.Hill 'wax berry' .

Please refer to the Flora of Vic. online VicFlora:
→ https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/1b9e91a6-f5cc-43ea-972e-97541802500b .

Please create, if you will, a new sighting with this third photograph 'wax berry';
presumably of this same location date–time.

When you do, i will provide confirmed identification of both of these sightings of these two species.

Regards,
Jason.
Tasmannia (Genus)
Heinol wrote:
7 May 2025
Possibly an Austropaxillus
Cantharellus sp.
KylieWaldon wrote:
23 Apr 2025
They can also bounce off spider webs! Seen them do it a few times now, rather than get caught in it.
Vespula (Genus)
DiBickers wrote:
22 Apr 2025
European wasps are aggressive hunters of insects and spiders, which they feed to their larvae. The adults themselves eat pollen, nectar, other carbohydrates and secretions produced by their young. This wasp out-competes native species for food resources as well as virtually depleting an area of its insect and spider fauna. Vespula germanica also has a large negative impact on human receation activities. Nests should be reported.

"A typical European wasp nest is started in the spring by a single queen emerging from hibernation. She raises the first worker wasps herself, which then help her raise more workers, and so the nest grows through the summer. Come the autumn most workers die out while the newly born queens search for a warm, dark place to hibernate." (Dr Reeson, Adelaide University)

Other online resources:

https://museumvictoria.com.au/wasps/

https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/invertebrates/invasive-invertebrates/wasps
Vespula (Genus)
Heinol wrote:
9 Apr 2025
Perhaps a Gymnopilus junonius.
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