Journal 7
Wildflower Walk, Landsborough 3:30pm - 5:00pm / Wednesday the 27th of July, 2022
Our equipment included our trusty beat sheets, a water net & bucket, torches, magnifying glasses
and collection jars.
Our Bug Clubbers have been doing a great job this winter finding bugs. Bugs don't really love cold weather so they are much harder to find because depending on what type of bug they are they will either * migrate to a warmer location * go into diapause which is a dormant state * die and leave their eggs, larvae, pupae or nymphs behind and complete their lifecycle when the weather warms up or * hibernate.
When they go into diapause they find shelter from the cold by burrowing underground or hide in tree trunks or under rocks to escape the cold weather and emerge when the climate warms. Some animals like long lived tarantulas will hibernate by producing a sort of antifreeze chemical in their body that slows them down and helps them survive.
iNaturalist confirmed observations included : Striped Pond Skater (Genus Limnogonus), Stick Mantis (Archimantis latistyla), Bromocoris souefi, Yabby (Cherax depressus), Caddisfly (Order Trichoptera), Green Jumping Spider (Mopsus Mormon), Square-ended Crab Spider (Genus Sidymella)
We are still waiting on confirmed identifications of what iNaturalist "guessed" as a Raspy Cricket (Family Gryllacrididae), Leafcurling Sac Spider (Genus Clubiona), Translucent Cicada (Subfamily Cicadinae), Genus Balta (Cockroach), a Jumping Spider (Subfamily Salticinae) and finally a spider which could be a Tree-wolf Fishing Spider or a Megadolomedes trux.
Keep up the great work and we will be rewarded with Spring fast approaching.
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