BunyipCo

 2025
Late spring nd summer rains have provided and abundance of insects in the rainforest of Far North Queensland. Here are some examples?
Recently described Balta rothi abroad at night on tree trunk.

 For the past couple of moths a small black beetle has been present in "plague" proportions. It is a Predaceous Ground Beetle, family Carabidae. Not wanting to peerpetuate an incorrect identification, I cannot precisely identify it.
The beetle ia active at night and is attracted to lights. It has been common in Kuranda and was all over the place in Mareeba a week or so ago. It was present in restaurants and even in the eye doctor's offices....

A couple of weeks ago Mr Cassowary showed up with only three of the four chicks he had this year. W(See below) We thought perhaps an accident or loose dogs had claimed the one chick. But now we are not so sure.
A few days ago we obsereved the male Cassowry chasing and biting one of the three chicks. There seemed to be nothing wrong with the chick. It was not injured or sick. He kept driving it away from the others. The startled chick stood off from the group...

 The 2024 Cattana wetlands Nightwalk was held on 28 September. It was a perfect night, warm and dry,
We counted 123 eager participants. Many had returned from previous years but there were other "newies" who had seldom ventured out in the dark to see what was happening in their gardens....