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.

47 species

Lycosidae (family) (Unidentified wolf spider)

Lycosidae (family)
Lycosidae (family)
Lycosidae (family)

Macrotona australis (Common Macrotona Grasshopper)

Macrotona australis
Macrotona australis
Macrotona australis

Mutusca brevicornis (A broad-headed bug)

Mutusca brevicornis
Mutusca brevicornis
Mutusca brevicornis

Neosparassus calligaster (Beautiful Badge Huntsman)

Neosparassus calligaster
Neosparassus calligaster
Neosparassus calligaster

Ocybadistes walkeri (Green Grass-dart)

Ocybadistes walkeri
Ocybadistes walkeri
Ocybadistes walkeri

Papilio aegeus (Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly)

Papilio aegeus
Papilio aegeus
Papilio aegeus

Papilio anactus (Dainty Swallowtail)

Papilio anactus
Papilio anactus
Papilio anactus

Philemon corniculatus (Noisy Friarbird)

Philemon corniculatus
Philemon corniculatus
Philemon corniculatus

Pieris rapae (Cabbage White)

Pieris rapae
Pieris rapae
Pieris rapae

Poecilometis strigatus (Gum Tree Shield Bug)

Poecilometis strigatus
Poecilometis strigatus
Poecilometis strigatus

Pseudomantis albofimbriata (False garden mantis)

Pseudomantis albofimbriata
Pseudomantis albofimbriata
Pseudomantis albofimbriata

Sarcophagidae sp. (family) (Unidentified flesh fly)

Sarcophagidae sp. (family)
Sarcophagidae sp. (family)
Sarcophagidae sp. (family)

Taractrocera papyria (White-banded Grass-dart)

Taractrocera papyria
Taractrocera papyria
Taractrocera papyria

Tenodera australasiae (Purple-winged mantid)

Tenodera australasiae
Tenodera australasiae
Tenodera australasiae

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