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Alison Milton has just reached a great milestone of having posted 20,000 sightings on NatureMapr, the first person to do so. What a wondeful achievement.She is also a moderator for Beetles, Ants, True...


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NEWSLETTER FOR DECEMBER 2025 AND THE FUTURE OF CANBERRA NATURE MAP

Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for September 2025

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WendyEM wrote:
7 min ago
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/102915069

Chloroclystis pallidiplaga
Jennybach wrote:
1 hr ago
Congratulations Alison, I’ve been told you have a beautiful garden with many natives and that must contribute to the continuous flow of sightings you record for Higgins. It amazes me. Well done.

Alison Milton - 20,000 sightings - Congratulations !
Rosie wrote:
1 hr ago
Thank you for the clarification Peter. It was exciting to have this species in our small complex. Perhaps the species is attracted to blue (nectar-offering) flowers?
I have a pink Aster flowering in my backyard 30m away which is very popular with Honeybees.

Thyreus caeruleopunctatus
Dron wrote:
3 hrs ago
Butt buddies!

Thynninae (subfamily)
Anna123 wrote:
4 hrs ago
Thanks @PeterA - I was tossing between the two, but eventually went with the other when comparing with sighting 4607168
and 4607167 - but looking at the comments on those again I think the ID may be reversed?

Euryglossa adelaidae
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