Fauna report September
During a recent survey of the Anglesea rifle range, Christine and Peter Forster, when approaching a large and healthy mistletoe, noticed several unusual web structures and discovered some interesting nests of gregarious caterpillar larvae just starting to change and pupate on their silk-lined communal webs.
September flora notes
September is here at last, after what seems to have been endless cold, wet weather. There will be so many flowers to enjoy that I will just try to highlight a representative few from some different types of plants.
Orchids in September
Beautiful flowering colonies of Nodding Greenhoods, Pterostylis nutans, are appearing in all sorts of places.
Protecting our rivers
Climate change and population growth are challenging the health of our waterways and our water security and it is timely to consider our water future.
Aireys Inlet nature ramble
On our August nature ramble, we initially had a brief stop at a small reserve on the corner of Gilbert Street and Boundary Road, which was well covered in indigenous vegetation.
Gherang Gherang Bushland Reserve bird walk
Last month we planned to spend the day at Serendip Sanctuary in Lara, but rain and hail before we left caused us to change to a half-day walk at Gherang Gherang Bushland Reserve instead.
ANGAIR Treasures
The ANGAIR Library and Natural History Collection is a jewel, probably unknown to many members, housed in a bright comfortable room within the ANGAIR office in McMillan Street.
Events Calendar
Mon 9:00am - 10:30am
Nature ramble, Coalmine Road
Mon 11:30am - 1:30pm
Plant Study Group
Tue 10:00am - 11:30am
Working Bee, St Bernards College
Sat - Sun
Open Garden weekend
Sat 10:00am - 2:30pm
FEO wildflower walk
Weed of the month
Freesia
Freesia refracta and Freesia alba X F. leichtlinii are declared weeds in the Surf Coast Shire because they spread easily and threaten to invade bushland. Freesias are perennial herbs that die back in summer and produce new foliage in winter. The highly fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers appearing in spring are white to cream and pink with yellow markings, shaded purple on outer surface. Each plant has at least two corms, one below the other, thus requiring deep digging to remove them.
More details about how to control this weed can be found in the archive of Weeds of the Month.
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