Eagle Rock from the air.
Photos courtesy of M. Treanor

Actinotus minor Miniature Flannel Flower, Lesser Flannel Flower
FLOWERING: mainly summer, occasionally throughout the year
HABITAT: heath and dry sclerophyll forest on sandy soils
(yes the petals do feel like flannel)

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Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Little Pied Cormorant

Petrophile sessillis Prickly Conesticks

FLOWERING: December - January
HABITAT: Dry eucalypt forest and heath, on rocky slopes
and in shallow sandy soils.

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Watery Wednesday #20

THE LOST WORLD
In the distance, you can just see what we call the Lost World, a remote patch of rainforest.

Watery Wednesday

Today's Flowers # 24

Grevillea buxifolia ssp. buxifolia Grey Spider-flower
HABITAT: Open forest and heath, on sandy soils
FLOWERING: September - November

Dragonflies
ORDER: Odonata
SUBORDER: Anisoptera
(The order Odonata consists of two suborders Anisoptera (dragonflies) and Zygoptera (damselflies)

The adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held perpendicular to the body when at rest. Whereas the adult damselfly hold their wings along their body.

The larval stages of both the suborders are aquatic and can be distinguished by the placement of the gills. Dragonfly larvae suck water into their abdomen and move it over their internal gills. Damselfly larvae have gills at the end of the body as three appendages.