Posts from October 2018
Keeping an Eye on Invertebrates: Spider Wasps
By Caragh Heenan Spider Wasps (Family: Pompilidae) are, as their name suggests, a family of Wasps that prey on Spiders (Order: Araneae). There are four subfamilies, including Ceropalinae, Ctenocerinae, Pepsinae, and Pompilinae, where coloration and wing appearance vary greatly among the many species. They are solitary Wasps that are native to Australia, and despite using
Bad news for Bee-eaters…a mass mortality event in Alice
— by Kate
On a sad note, numerous Rainbow Bee-eaters have recently been found dead in Ilparpa, Alice Springs. These deaths, although alarming, were not suspicious. Seemingly a few dozen Bee-eaters were fairly lean from their migration effort to Alice from further north. When Alice Springs had a cold snap just a few weeks ago, the Bee-eaters succumbed
Introducing the New Land for Wildlife Coordinator
Hi everyone, my name’s Kate, the new Land for Wildlife & Garden for Wildlife Central Australia Coordinator. I join the team here at Low Ecological Services with a background in landscape ecology and [basic!] landscape genetics from a few dedicated years at Deakin University. Ensconced in my heavy bias toward, and love of, the Australian