Thursday, December 23, 2010

Burdulba Creek / Kakadu Part I / November 2010

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Burdulba Creek has an interesting environment in that you can explore the creek, the floodplain or the plateaus.Chasms and gorges form a network that dissects the rocky platforms on the plateau. The plateau top is a harsh, dry environment where water drains away quickly and top soil is scarce in most areas. Sparse pockets of open forest and woodlands have developed in these areas. However creeks have carved deep gorges in the escarpment in which tall monsoon forests grow. These areas form microclimates for plants and animals and often serve as a refuge during the dry season. Allosyncarpia ternata, a large shady tree found only in the Kakadu and Arnhem Land, is the dominant plant species. During the wet season, water carried down from the Arnhem Land plateau often overflows from creeks and rivers onto nearby floodplains. Alluvial soils carried in the floodwaters add nutrients to the floodplains. Nutrient-rich soils along with an abundance of water and sunlight make the floodplains an area of prolific plant and animal life.
Source: [http://www.thefullwiki.org/Kakadu]
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Glasswing butterfly Acraea andromacha
on larva food
Adenia heterophylla
In the stone country
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Acropteris nanula
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Amerila rubripes
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Anisomeles malabarica
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Anthela sp
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Antidesma ghesaembilla
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Antlion Glenoleon radialis
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Arnhem Two-Pored Dragon Diporiphora arnhemica
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Arnhemland Blue Nesolycaena urumelia larva
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Arnhemland Blue Nesolycaena urumelia mating
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Arthrostylis aphylla
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Beauty Leaf Calophyllum inophyllum
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Black Flying Fox Pteropus alecto
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Black Wallaroo Macropus bernadus
Endemic to Arnhem Land
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Blue Triangle Graphium sarpedon
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Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
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Bonamia pannosa
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Breynia cernua
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Brolga Grus rubicundus
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Calogyne pilosa
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Chalcolampra octodecimguttata
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Chamaecrista rotundifolia
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Chocolate Argus Junonia hedonia
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Cicindela sp
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Clerodendrum floribundum
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Common Yellow Robber Fly - Ommatius sp
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Burdulba Creek / Kakadu Part II / November 2010

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Common Yellow Robber Fly - Ommatius sp
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Cosmoszosteria trifasciata, adult female
carrying ootheca prior to deposition
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Crab's Eye Vine Abrus precatorius
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Lilly Crinum angustifolium Bulbs
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Solanum clarkiae
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Cyrtophora mollucensis
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Dipodium stenochilum
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Distichostemon sp
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Euphorbia vachellii
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Flagellaria indica
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Four-barred Swordtail Protographium leosthenes
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Four-barred Swordtail Protographium leosthenes
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Golden Digger Wasp Sphex sp
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Melaleuca cornucopiae
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Goniaea vocans 4th instar
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Goodenia cirrifica
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Green Jewel Bug Lampromicra senator
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Grevillea heliosperma
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Grey-winged Aretza Aretza sp - 4th Instar
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Hairy Flower Wasp Scoliidae sp
Feeding On
Melaleuca cornucopiae
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Hawk Moth Cephonodes hylas
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Hibbertia cistifolia
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Holly-leafed Pea-flower Bossiaea bossiaeoides
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Hypodoxa bryophylla
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Ina Grass-dart Taractrocera ina
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Ipomoea sp
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Iridescent Flutterer Rhyothemis braganza
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Joseph's Coat Moth Agarista agricola
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Leaf Beetle Monolepta sp
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Leichhardt's Grasshopper Petasida ephippigera White
Nov 2010 4th instar
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Leopard Grasshopper Stropis maculosa 4th instar
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Lipotriches sp Native Bee
Feeding on
Solanum echinatum
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Little Corella Cacatua pastinator Juv
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Margarosticha sp
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