Point 5830

Actually Roger, you didn't really get it wrong - the genus Amblyopone was in the subfamily Ponerinae for a very long time and was moved into the subfamily Amblyoponinae only in 2003 - so you would have been completely correct 18 years ago! Also, another reason to thank you for the sighting is that it made me go back and look at all the other Amblyopone sightings and allocate what I could to species level, so I've learned two things today. Cheers, Jon

Thanks Jon, Its always nice to see something different, but as per-usual I got it wrong.

Congratulations Roger, a new species for CNM! I haven't seen this species around the region before, but there are a fair number of collections around Canberra, Black Mountain and the region. Thanks! Jon

Could be a Thelymitra leaf.

The top of the flower buds was about 17 cm above the ground - the spot on the notebook cover is 17 cm from the bottom.