Lepus capensis
Brown Hare at Aranda, ACT
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| Lepus capensis | DonFletcher | 25 Apr 2025 | |
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | CarbonAI | 25 Apr 2025 | |
| Lepus capensis | KMcCue | 25 Apr 2025 |
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Enter stage left. We wondered where they hung out in the daytime. There used to be a pair hairing through Aranda at dusk but have only seen one of them this year.
6 comments
27 Apr 2025
Thanks Don
The very next day, we spotted the hare cantering down our street in Aranda at about 11am. It has been chewing on our precious plants in the recreation park opposite so it has no friends here.
The very next day, we spotted the hare cantering down our street in Aranda at about 11am. It has been chewing on our precious plants in the recreation park opposite so it has no friends here.
27 Apr 2025
@KMcCue Hare is the most delicious meat I have ever tried, but maybe tree guards and fences are easier.
27 Apr 2025
We had only recently removed the tree guards thinking the young plants were now big enough to cope with weather events, will have to replace them now.
27 Apr 2025
If you are unlucky, one hare can snip off hundreds of seedlings in a night without eating them. I dont know why they do that. So one bad hare can be worse than several rabbits. Until you get tree guards or fencing done, shooting is probably not an option in the streets of Aranda. As for trapping, they are generally careful, wary animals, so I have never heard of anyone trapping one, but it might be worth a try anyway, hoping you get lucky. If so, I'd work hard at it. Get the tallest cage trap you can, so the ears of the hare cant touch the top. Wash all scent off the trap and other gear and wear gardening gloves (with smells of dirt and plants on them) for handling EVERYTHING. Use a variety of succulent plant materials as bait and cross your fingers a lot.
27 Apr 2025
Or get a dog on a tether line to spend the night in the park and encourage people to walk their dogs through the park and move dog droppings into the park.
29 Apr 2025
That's a good idea. I can empty the plastic bags that people discard in the park when no-one is watching.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.080994-35.260817
- Altitude 665.1m
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Apr 2025 11:12 AM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
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Species information
- Lepus capensis Scientific name
- Brown Hare Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 774.8m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Lepus europaeus
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