Kambah backyard native grassland garden species

Posted by MatthewFrawley

These sightings are from my Kambah backyard native grassland garden, which I created in 2010 and left in 2023.  The garden consisted of mostly Kangaroo Grass or Themeda triandra and Common/River Tussock Grass or Poa labillardierei.  Other grasses in the garden were Barbed-wire Grass or Cymbopogon refractus, and various Wallaby grasses.  One Red-anther Wallaby Grass or Rytidosperma pallidum also appeared in the last year.  Other plants included Spiny-headed Mat-rush or Lomandra longifolia, Black-Anther Flax Lily or Dianella revoluta var. revoluta, Clustered Everlasting or Chrysocephalum semipapposum, Sticky Everlasting or Xerochrysum viscosum, Nodding Chocolate Lily or Arthropodium fimbriatum, Tall Sedge or Carex appressa, Juncus sp. and at least three different Bluebells or Wahlenbergia sp.  Existing overstory plants that bordered the garden were a Callistemon sp. and a Leptospermum sp.

41 species

Acrida conica (Giant green slantface)

Acrida conica
Acrida conica
Acrida conica

Aeolochroma metarhodata (Tea-tree Emerald)

Aeolochroma metarhodata
Aeolochroma metarhodata
Aeolochroma metarhodata

Ardices canescens (Dark-spotted Tiger Moth)

Ardices canescens
Ardices canescens
Ardices canescens

Austrolestes analis (Slender Ringtail)

Austrolestes analis
Austrolestes analis
Austrolestes analis

Austrolestes leda (Wandering Ringtail)

Austrolestes leda
Austrolestes leda
Austrolestes leda

Cerdistus sp. (genus) (Slender Robber Fly)

Cerdistus sp. (genus)
Cerdistus sp. (genus)
Cerdistus sp. (genus)

Coccinella transversalis (Transverse Ladybird)

Coccinella transversalis
Coccinella transversalis
Coccinella transversalis

Delias aganippe (Spotted Jezebel)

Delias aganippe
Delias aganippe
Delias aganippe

Eurema smilax (Small Grass-yellow)

Eurema smilax
Eurema smilax
Eurema smilax

Gastrimargus musicus (Yellow-winged Locust or Grasshopper)

Gastrimargus musicus
Gastrimargus musicus
Gastrimargus musicus

Hermetia illucens (American Soldier Fly)

Hermetia illucens
Hermetia illucens
Hermetia illucens

Heteronympha merope (Common Brown Butterfly)

Heteronympha merope
Heteronympha merope
Heteronympha merope

Hippodamia variegata (Spotted Amber Ladybird)

Hippodamia variegata
Hippodamia variegata
Hippodamia variegata

Junonia villida (Meadow Argus)

Junonia villida
Junonia villida
Junonia villida

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