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School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne. Amphibian Ecology Research Group. 8211; Geoff’s research focuses on the conservation biology of amphibians and reptiles. He is currently developing metapopulation models for threatened frogs in urbanising landscapes, including the growling grass frog. PhD candidate) – The conservation genetics of the growling grass frog,. In an urban landscape. Josh Hale (Ph.D. 2011) – Human-induced changes in the population genetic struc...Common east...
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters: Break the drought!
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters. Wildlife encounters around our home in the rainforest. Saturday, June 1, 2013. It has been quite a while between posts, time flies! We've been busy running our Minibeast Wildlife operation and working on a book.or two! We are currently working on the first of a series on the husbandry of Australian phasmids. To get things rolling again here are some images taken over the past few months around around our region. Cotton Harlequin Bug,. A very cryptic crab spider,.
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters: June 2013
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters. Wildlife encounters around our home in the rainforest. Sunday, June 2, 2013. We accidentally broke open a mud-dauber wasp nest under our house while moving some equipment. The mud cells were packed with paralysed jumping spiders of multiple species. The culprit was a slender orange wasp belonging to the genus. Obviously specialising in spiders from the family Salticidae. Saturday, June 1, 2013. It has been quite a while between posts, time flies!
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters: January 2015
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters. Wildlife encounters around our home in the rainforest. Saturday, January 17, 2015. This is Callirhipis cardwellensi. A beetle with spectacular antennae. This little guy is one of many species on the move here in north QLD with the onset of the wet season here in Kuranda. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Images from this blog. View my complete profile. Minibeast Wildlife - Photography. Photography by Alan Henderson.
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters: August 2013
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters. Wildlife encounters around our home in the rainforest. Monday, August 19, 2013. Colour variation in captive Onchestus rentzi. For a while now we have been captive breeding a genetic population of 'lichen-form' Crowned Stick Insects (. One of the original 'lichen-form' females. The eggs laid recently exhibiting an unusual colour trait. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Colour variation in captive Onchestus rentzi. Images from this blog. View my complete profile.
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters: September 2012
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters. Wildlife encounters around our home in the rainforest. Friday, September 7, 2012. Last February an adult pair of. We acquired some 1st instar nymphs and some eggs about 3 weeks ago to begin our own captive population of these amazing insects. Today the first of our hatchling (1st instar) nymphs has moulted. Here are some images of the moulting process. All the legs are now free. The insect hanging by the end of its abdomen while the new exoskeleton hardens.
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters: Colour variation in captive Onchestus rentzi
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters. Wildlife encounters around our home in the rainforest. Monday, August 19, 2013. Colour variation in captive Onchestus rentzi. For a while now we have been captive breeding a genetic population of 'lichen-form' Crowned Stick Insects (. One of the original 'lichen-form' females. The eggs laid recently exhibiting an unusual colour trait. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Colour variation in captive Onchestus rentzi. Images from this blog. View my complete profile.
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters: October 2013
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters. Wildlife encounters around our home in the rainforest. Friday, October 11, 2013. While 'carnivorous' and 'snail' are two words that most people wouldn't expect to find next to one another, these slow moving predators are actually quite common in some regions of the wet-tropics. This is one of our local carnivorous snails,. Rhytididae). Here is a series of photos showing it attacking and consuming a young. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Images from this blog.
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters: Fantastic Phyllium
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Minibeast Wildlife - Rainforest Encounters. Wildlife encounters around our home in the rainforest. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Here are some of the Phyllium monteithi Leaf Insects we have been breeding. One of our populations originated from a single female specimen that Gerhard Hillmann and myself happened across after Cylone Ita last year here in Kuranda. Gerhard spotted the adult female sitting upon Golden Penda ( Xanthostemon chrysanthus. Which is also likely to be a wild food host plant for this species.
