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5 May 2025

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Discussion

Mike wrote:
10 min ago
Usually all I see is white tails, droppings and rabbit holes.

Oryctolagus cuniculus
14 min ago
Great to see excellent photographs here – of this species _Lomandra_laxa_ ;
including, shown here most of the botanical key features.

Example Flora of NSW online PlantNet botanical key differences between _Lomandra_micrantha_ and
_Lomandra_laxa_, _Lomandra_filiformis_, _Lomandra_cylindrica_, _Lomandra_brevis_, _Lomandra_bracteata_ and _Lomandra_gracilis_ :
" ...
15. All tepals similar in size and shape, the flower widely open at maturity _Lomandra_micrantha_
Outer and inner tepals dissimilar (outer tepals shorter than inner tepals), the flower remaining bell-shaped ... ... ...
... " .

Hence, shown in these fine photographs here:
the inner and outer tepals dissimilar, including the outer tepals shorter and different in form and colour from the longer inner tepals
and each flower not opening widely at flower maturity (anthesis), rather each flower shown here remains bell–shaped .

Great work !
Appears that in NatureMapr, this provides its first sighting for this species .
Please double check my identification here .

Lomandra laxa
20 min ago
Ref's (in brief, without full citation(s)):

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Lomandra
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lomandra~laxa
.

Lomandra laxa
1 hr ago
Possibly Zygometis xanthogaster

Thomisidae (family)
WendyEM wrote:
1 hr ago
Shargacucullia lychnitis
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?page=2&taxon_id=483458
stunning larvae! There are moth shots if you look.

Unverified Noctuoid moth (except Arctiinae)

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