Announcements
1 Jan 2026
Hello everyone. Alison Milton has created the December quarterly CNM newsletter. It has some interesting information for Canberra Nature Mappers and some excellent photos. There is also an article abo...
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Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for September 2025
CANBERRA NATURE MAP ASSOCIATION - PLEASE JOIN
Flowering records for native pollinator study
Events
22 Dec 2025
The inaugural Annual General Meeting of the the Canberra Nature Map Association will be held on Thursday February 12, 6.30 to 8.30 pm, at the Downer Community Centre, Frencham Place, Downer.The Canber...
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Discussion
JonLewis
wrote:
2 hrs ago
Hi KMcCue, sorry, the ants are too small to see clearly in the photo and the material around the nest entrance doesn't help much. There are a lot of ants (particularly in grasslands) that collect grass and other seeds and discard the bits they don't want in a pile outside the nest. Perhaps you have a friend with a better camera? Cheers, Jon
Formicidae (family)
DonFletcher
wrote:
5 hrs ago
There is still one unidentified individual which looks like RobynSmall but may be a new individual if we are lucky - i.e. there may be eight.
Varanus rosenbergi
DonFletcher
wrote:
5 hrs ago
Thats right @abread111 and @HarrietteWilson. This is the individual I tentatively identified years ago as 'RobinLarge' and several other interim names including 'Harriet Wilsons Goanna', 'Peter Laings Goanna', and others.
Varanus rosenbergi
Alice
wrote:
5 hrs ago
this is not a species of Stenopsychodes, but is probably a species of Baliomorpha, family Hydropsychidae
Stenopsychodes sp. (genus)
abread111
wrote:
Yesterday
@HarrietteWilson @DonFletcher Don now knows which goanna this is ... because he has been able to compare it with good photos of the other few goannas on Mt Ainslie/Majura - there are only 7 of them
Varanus rosenbergi
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