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oldmic
oldmic
NSW
358 posts
oldmic oldmic
NSW, 358 posts
30 Dec 2020 9:39pm
Bit random, but I've not seen any Christmas Beetles?
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23678 posts
Mark _australia Mark _australia
WA, 23678 posts
30 Dec 2020 8:17pm
dowls said..
Bit random, but I've not seen any Christmas Beetles?


Me neither
but did see one all by itself a few months early. funny season too so - weather?
MarkSSC
MarkSSC
QLD
642 posts
MarkSSC MarkSSC
QLD, 642 posts
31 Dec 2020 6:01am
dowls said..
Bit random, but I've not seen any Christmas Beetles?


I thought that Volkswagon had stopped making the VW Beetle
powersloshin
powersloshin
NSW
1855 posts
powersloshin powersloshin
NSW, 1855 posts
31 Dec 2020 7:38am
they are isolating...
ausbinny
ausbinny
202 posts
ausbinny ausbinny
202 posts
31 Dec 2020 3:14pm
I saw one in Queensland - probably came from a NSW hotspot....
gh
gh
NSW
156 posts
gh gh
NSW, 156 posts
31 Dec 2020 7:16pm
You can have the ones stripping our gumtrees. Not as many as previous years though.
remery
remery
WA
3709 posts
remery remery
WA, 3709 posts
31 Dec 2020 4:26pm
Urban sprawl and climate change methinks. Insect numbers are down pretty much across the board and that's going to impact on the furry things that everyone likes.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23678 posts
Mark _australia Mark _australia
WA, 23678 posts
31 Dec 2020 4:42pm
^^^ Yeah and insecticides - bee loss is very concerning.
About a year or so ago, few of us had not seen a ladybug for a verrrry long time.
Then last summer, a few were seen and at the same time it was a humid crap year for wind, so I surmised it was weather.
I now reckon I was wrong

Waiting4wind
Waiting4wind
NSW
1871 posts
Waiting4wind Waiting4wind
NSW, 1871 posts
31 Dec 2020 9:46pm
remery said..
Urban sprawl and climate change methinks. Insect numbers are down pretty much across the board and that's going to impact on the furry things that everyone likes.


I was reading an article the other day which named urban sprawl as the key reason for the demise of Xmas Beatles.

Mind you having been hit on the face by one doing 25+ knots on the water i don't miss them in that environment, bloody hurt.
olskool
olskool
QLD
2463 posts
olskool olskool
QLD, 2463 posts
31 Dec 2020 9:14pm
Been out bush lately SE QLD. Thousands of cicadas n termites emerging from the rain soaked ground. Havnt seen them in such numbers in about 5years. Chopping down trees destroys all the micro climates n food for many animals n insects.
But you can't stop progress.
remery
remery
WA
3709 posts
remery remery
WA, 3709 posts
1 Jan 2021 10:24am
Mark _australia said..
^^^ Yeah and insecticides - bee loss is very concerning.
About a year or so ago, few of us had not seen a ladybug for a verrrry long time.
Then last summer, a few were seen and at the same time it was a humid crap year for wind, so I surmised it was weather.
I now reckon I was wrong



Lady bugs are interesting, they feed on aphids, so often a good aphid season is followed by large numbers of lady bugs and hover flies. Dry winters in cropping areas often increase aphid populations because it's too dry for aphid-killing fungi and micro-organisms.
sboardcrazy
sboardcrazy
NSW
8348 posts
sboardcrazy sboardcrazy
NSW, 8348 posts
1 Jan 2021 1:30pm
You need to use earplugs to walk in the bush around here. The Cicadas are ear splitting! I haven't seen so many in years..
remery
remery
WA
3709 posts
remery remery
WA, 3709 posts
1 Jan 2021 2:41pm
The cicadas around Perth are wimps compared with NSW species, but his year there are hardly any.
olskool
olskool
QLD
2463 posts
olskool olskool
QLD, 2463 posts
1 Jan 2021 5:54pm
^ Qld models are up to 100mm long n about 25mm across.
gmitton
gmitton
SA
1461 posts
gmitton gmitton
SA, 1461 posts
1 Jan 2021 6:46pm
Close the borders - that will fix it.
MarkSSC
MarkSSC
QLD
642 posts
MarkSSC MarkSSC
QLD, 642 posts
1 Jan 2021 9:15pm
remery said..

Mark _australia said..
^^^ Yeah and insecticides - bee loss is very concerning.
About a year or so ago, few of us had not seen a ladybug for a verrrry long time.
Then last summer, a few were seen and at the same time it was a humid crap year for wind, so I surmised it was weather.
I now reckon I was wrong




Lady bugs are interesting, they feed on aphids, so often a good aphid season is followed by large numbers of lady bugs and hover flies. Dry winters in cropping areas often increase aphid populations because it's too dry for aphid-killing fungi and micro-organisms.


There are good ladybugs and bad ones. The bad ones have more spots on them.
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