2020 Sun Moth Update Entosearch undertook its’ yearly survey in the Mid-North of South Australia during March to monitor population numbers of the Sun-Moth, Synemon selene. This is a large, iconic sun-moth that once used to occur on the Adelaide Plains and Barossa Valley, but is now regarded as critically endangered in SA, being previously thought to be extinct until…
You Know it’s Christmas When You See These Guys As part of our work, Entosearch comes across many fascinating invertebrates while conducting targeted species surveys. Invertebrates are a vitally important part of the food chain for our native reptiles, birds and mammals, but they are also an important food source for other invertebrates. Austracantha minax or Christmas Spiders are common…
Ferocious Ants are a Butterfly’s Best Friend This year Entosearch has continued its surveying of South Australia’s only endemic butterfly, the Waterhouse Hairstreak or Jalmenus lithochroa. These beautiful butterflies can be seen flying from October to March in the Mid-North, Flinders Ranges and Pt. Augusta region of SA. The population of Waterhouse Hairstreak is totally dependent on Acacia victoriae as the only…
Recent Invertebrate Surveys and the Discovery of a Mythical Creature. Entosearch has recently conducted several invertebrate surveys where sick, dead or dying plants were identified. As part of these surveys, we examine these plants for invertebrate infestations and species in the location and potentially responsible for the plant damage are identified. Recent surveys have uncovered examples of boring larvae in…
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