Hi. I'm Michael Bedingfield. I've been exploring the natural areas around southern Tuggeranong since I moved here in 1992 and became interested in the local native plants. Since then I've drawn many of them, joining Friends of Grasslands to share this interest. Later I began to document and photograph these plants, starting with Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve, then the lower slopes of Mount Rob Roy Range, and the Murrumbidgee River Corridor nearby. Tuggeranong Hill and Rob Roy are very rich in native floral diversity. After a while I started photographing and drawing the local animals as well, large and small. When Michael Mulvaney and Aaron Clausen saw my enthusiasm for the local flora and fauna, they asked me to help them in developing and administering the Canberra Nature Map website. It has been a very rewarding experience.
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Sighting breakdown
- 52 Significant Sightings
- 45 Unidentified Sightings
- 917
Other Wildflowers
- 589
Grasses
- 478
Daisies
- 442
Other Shrubs
- 277
Rushes & Sedges
- 238
Lilies & Irises
- 212
Peas
- 205
Orchids
- 144 Other Trees
- 137 Wattles
- 105 Gum Trees
- 91 Intermediate size
- 89
Ferns and Clubmosses
- 74 Colonial nesters
- 65
Geometer moths (Geometridae)
- 64
Climbers & Mistletoes
- 57 Noctuid moths (Noctuidae & Erebidae)
- 56
Parrots
- 56 Waterfowl
- 54
Kangaroos & Wallabies
- 47
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
- 44
Grasshoppers (Orthoptera, several families)
- 44 Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)
- 40 Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
- 36 Small (Robin, Finch, Thornbill etc)
- 35 Others
- 34
Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
- 34 Magpie or larger
- 33
Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
- 32
Nymphs (Nymphalidae)
- 32
Dragonflies (Anisoptera)
- 31
Shield, Stink & Jewel Bugs (Pentatomoidea)
- 30 Tiger moths (Arctiidae & Aganaidae)
- 27 Other beetles
- 25
Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
- 25 Damselflies (Zygoptera)
- 25 Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)
- 24 Honeyeater
- 23 Weevils (Curculionoidea)
- 21 Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
- 21
Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts
- 20 Other bugs
- 19
Robber flies (Asilidae)
- 19 Shorebirds
- 17 Other hunting spiders
- 17
Spider wasps (Pompilidae)
- 17 Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae)
- 16
Pigeons and Doves
- 16
Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)
- 16
Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
- 15 Other moths
- 15 Other true flies
- 15
Wombats & Koalas
- 14 Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)
- 14 Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
- 13
Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
- 13
Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
- 13 Lady beetles (Coccinellidae)
- 12
Birds of prey
- 12
Fungi
- 12 Crane flies, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
- 10
Lichens
- 10 Other web-building spiders
- 9 Jumping & peacock spiders (Salticidae)
- 9 Case moths (Psychidae)
- 9
Cuckoos
- 9 Whites & Yellows (Pieridae)
- 9 Praying mantises (Mantodea)
- 9
Lacewings (Neuroptera)
- 8 Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
- 8 Parasitic wasps (numerous families)
- 8
Skinks
- 7
Monotremes
- 7 Hover flies (Syrphidae)
- 7 Wolf spiders (Lycosidae)
- 7 Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae)
- 6 Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
- 6 Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
- 6 Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)
- 6 Assassin bugs (Reduviidae)
- 6 Other hoofed mammals
- 5
Placental Predators
- 5
Dragons
- 5 Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
- 5 Earwigs (Dermaptera)
- 5 Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
- 5
Katydids (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)
- 4
Crickets (Orthoptera, several families)
- 4
Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
- 4 Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (Mecoptera)
- 4
Rabbits & Hares
- 4 Skippers (Hesperiidae)
- 4 Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)
- 4 Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
- 4
Millipedes (Diplopoda)
- 3 Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
- 3 Deer
- 3 Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
- 3 Other wasps
- 3 Hawk moths (Sphingidae)
- 2 Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)
- 2 Stag beetles (Lucanidae)
- 2 Anthelid moths (Anthelidae)
- 2 Crustaceans (Crustacea)
- 2 Water & Shore Bugs (several families)
- 2 Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
- 2
Frogs
- 2
Turtles
- 1
Monitors & Geckos
- 1
Nocturnal Birds
- 1 Ground beetles (Carabidae)
- 1 Click beetles (Elateridae)
- 1 Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
- 1
Other Cryptogams
- 1 Flying Foxes
- 1 Native Rats
- 1 Possums
- 1 March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
- 1 Termites (Blattodea, several families)
- 1 Water beetles (several families)
- 1
Silverfish (Zygentoma)
- 1
Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)
- 1 Water spiders (Pisauridae)
- 1
Other Exotic Fish
- 1
Mites and Ticks (Acarina)
- 1
Centipedes (Chilopoda)
- 1 Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
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