Fact is stranger than Fiction, and those who joined us for Michelle Gleeson’s presentation on insects may have been struck by the inspiration that Sci Fi writers must draw from real live insects when developing their scary ‘alien’ characters.
For our new members, here is information on where to buy local plants. Its worth remembering that Native nursery doesn’t mean local plants from provincial stock. The Landcare nurseries and Coolum Native nursery are the best places to buy plants that are from this area. This doesn’t mean other nursery’s don’t sell local plants but its best to ask.
With all the talk about mice plagues at the moment, this month let’s look at “native mice”
The ‘churp churp churp’ of the Asian house gecko is a common sound in Queensland homes. This article looks at the Asian gecko and its native cousins.
This months “Focus on local wildlife” features the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly, Ornithoptera richmondia. Here in Noosa shire we are very lucky to still have some populations of the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly.
A few years ago, Bruce Hallett, together with other NICA members, Roger Kelly and Bob Carey, installed a native bee hive at the Sunshine Beach Primary School near their permaculture garden. The students were amazed at the hard work the bees had done in just six weeks. If you are interested in getting a hive, NICA may be able to help.