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World Environment Day Social Event, Sunday 8 June

20 May 2025

The Canberra Nature Map committee is organising a Social Event for World Environment Day, which is on 5 June 2025, but slightly delayed for convenience.It will be a picnic at Weston Park, Yarralumla, ...

Discussion

Michael123 wrote:

1 min ago

Oxychilus alliarus Miller, 1822 Family Oxychilidae. Invasive pest from Europe. Found throughout cooler and wetter parts of southern Australia anywhere there is human habitation and human modified landscapes. Carnivorous, preys on small snails including native species.

SallyandPeter and Trevor Preston, could these images be posted on the 'Snails of Australasia' Facebook group as this is very interesting, I have never seen them in such large numbers before.

Camaenidae (family)

Michael123 wrote:

11 min ago

Littoraria filosa (Sowerby, 1832) Family Littorinidae. Marine mangrove periwinkle. Ranges from Exmouth Gulf WA to Botany Bay NSW. Found on leaves, branches and trunks of mangroves. Also found in Indonesia and southern PNG.

Unverified Snail or Slug (Gastropoda)

DrLawrie wrote:

25 min ago

Likely to be V vulturnus at this location, pale tragus, etc.

Vespadelus sp. (genus)

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

34 min ago

This young plant, could this identify to any other candidate species ?

Including any other species not currently in the botanical key in the Flora of NSW online PlantNet ?

Your awareness please, including region–there awareness please;
before I consider more confirming this identification.

Cryptocarya microneura

HarleyB wrote:

41 min ago

Thankyou for mapping this on Field maps. we control a number of sites in the area for opuntia species so I will add to my list.

Opuntia ficus-indica