michaelb
Hi. I'm Michael Bedingfield. I've been exploring the natural areas around southern Tuggeranong since I moved here in 1992. I became interested in the local native plants when seeing the rich native floral diversity. 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, on Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve, the lower slopes of Mount Rob Roy Range, and the Murrumbidgee River Corridor. I also began photographing and drawing the local animals as well, large and small. Earlier in my life I had worked as a computer programmer and systems analyst in the Public Service. Then in 2014, Aaron Clausen and Michael Mulvaney asked me to help them in developing and administering the Canberra Nature Map website and the NatureMapr network. It has been a very rewarding experience.
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michaelb is a moderator for the following locations:
Melrose | Old Tuggeranong TSR | Pine Island to Point Hut | Point Hut to Tharwa | Rob Roy Range | Tuggeranong Hill
- 15 May 2014Joined
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All regions 10247 Canberra & Southern Tablelands 10093 South Coast 111 Greater Brisbane 9 Greater Sydney 6 Southern Highlands 6 Albury, Wodonga 6 Gippsland 4 New South Wales North Coast 2 Hunter Region 2 New England 1 Far West New South Wales 1 Wide Bay 1 Tasmania 1 South East South Australia 1 Townsville 1 South West Western Australia 1 Goldfields 1 -
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All regions 11594 Canberra & Southern Tablelands 10652
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- Significant sightings 12
- Unidentified sightings 19
- Inconclusive sightings 0
Insects
- Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
- Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
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Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Click beetles (Elateridae)
- Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
- Carab beetles (Carabidae)
- Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
- Lady beetles (Coccinellidae)
- Leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae)
- Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae)
- Stag beetles (Lucanidae)
- Water beetles (several families)
- Weevils (Curculionoidea)
- Other beetles
- Checkered Beetles (Cleridae)
- Rove beetles (Staphylinidae)
- Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
- Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea)
- Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)
- Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
- Grasshoppers, Crickets & Katydids (Orthoptera)
- Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
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Moths (Lepidoptera)
- Anthelid moths (Anthelidae)
- Case moths (Psychidae)
- Concealer moths (Oecophoridae)
- Curved-horn moths (all Gelechioidea except Oecophoridae)
- Emperor moths (Saturniidae)
- Geometer moths (Geometridae)
- Hawk moths (Sphingidae)
- Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)
- Pyralid or Snout Moths (Pyralidae & Crambidae)
- Sun moths (Castniidae)
- Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae)
- Tiger moths (Arctiinae)
- Tortricid moths (Tortricidae)
- Wood moths (Cossidae)
- Other moths
- Praying mantises (Mantodea)
- Primitive insects
- Psyllids, lerps, aphids & whiteflies (Hemiptera, several families)
- Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)
- Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea)
- Stick insects (Phasmatodea)
- True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
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True flies (Diptera)
- Bee flies (Bombyliidae)
- Blow flies (Calliphoridae)
- Bristle Flies (Tachinidae)
- Crane flies, midges, mosquitoes & gnats (several families)
- Flower-loving flies (Apioceridae)
- Hover flies (Syrphidae)
- Long-legged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
- March or Horse flies (Tabanidae)
- Mydas flies (Mydidae)
- Pelecorhynchid flies (Pelecorhynchidae)
- Robber flies (Asilidae)
- Stiletto flies (Therevidae)
- Tangle-vein flies (Nemestrinidae)
- Other true flies
- Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
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Other insects
- Plant Lice (Psocodea, Pscoptera, several families)
- Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
- Dobsonflies & Alderflies (Megaloptera)
- Earwigs (Dermaptera)
- Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
- Scorpionflies and Hangingflies (Mecoptera)
- Stoneflies (Plecoptera)
- Termites (superfamily Termitoidea)
- Thrips (Thysanoptera)
- Webspinners (Embioptera)
- Fleas (Siphonaptera)
- Lice (Psocodea, Phthiraptera, several families)
- Lacewings (Neuroptera)
- Unidentified Insect Galls
