KRMB May General Meeting – Insects and Medicine
Branch member Daniel Heald will deliver a presentation on the links between insects and medicine
Branch member Daniel Heald will deliver a presentation on the links between insects and medicine
Note we are back to meeting on the third Wednesday of the month for the rest of the year. Our speaker Jeremy Wilson is a Postdoctoral Researcher working on trapdoor spiders at UWA and WAM. Jeremy's presentation will examine the evolution of the burrowing behaviour in mygalomorph spiders (trapdoors and ...
Instead of our usual morning walk this month we will be joining the Friends of Star Swamp Bushland for a walk around Star Swamp after dark. About a 90 minute walk along paths looking at and listening for night creatures. Stay for a cuppa afterwards. Children welcome. Wear comfortable closed ...
DRB Excursion: Leaders, renowned Naturalists Rachel and Mike Green Ollie Worrell Reserve in High Wycombe has a permanent standing lake with many bird species. E-bird has recorded 84 species of birds there. Our excursion leaders, Mike and Rachel, have been visiting the reserve regularly since November 2024 and have been impressed with the different bird ...
Wellard Wetlands has good numbers of wetland and woodland birds. We will take a walk around the lake to see what birds, insects and other fauna are active here in late Autumn
Woodman Point Walk Meet: At the entrance to Coogee Beach Café, Powell Road, Coogee Details: The walk is approx 8 km along paved and sandy paths, and beaches. Wear clothes appropriate to the weather and suitable footwear. Bring morning tea, lunch and drinking water to have during the walk. ...
Dive into the fascinating history of Australia’s oldest shipwrecks. The WA Shipwrecks Museum is recognised as the foremost maritime archaeology museum in the southern hemisphere. Steeped in history, the museum galleries house hundreds of relics from ships wrecked along WA’s treacherous coastline, including the original timbers from Batavia (wrecked in ...
Sundews (botanical name Drosera) are carnivorous plants that capture and digest insects using leaves covered in sticky, mucilage-producing tentacles. Western Australia is the global diversity hotspot for the genus, with more than 150 species that primarily occur in the South-West and Kimberley regions. New species continue to be discovered and described each year, with many of them already being on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss. This presentation will introduce the genus Drosera with a focus on natural history aspects such as rediscoveries of long-lost species, novel plant-animal interactions (especially kleptoparasites), and the rapidly growing role of citizen science in taxonomic and conservation research.
Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park Cemetery, then over to Craigie Bushland Bring: Headtorch (torch is ok), Mossie Repellent, Snacks & water, Enclosed Shoes Meet at 5pm at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park Cemetery off Whitfords Ave to see the many kangaroos that live within the grounds. Park by the lake (first turn off ...
Whistle Pipe Gully Meet: End of Lewis Road, Forrestfield (car park can be very busy). Details: This walk is short, 3.2 km, and almost all incline (about 130 metres) - uphill on the way out and downhill on the way back. The surface is rocky and in parts slippery, hard, ...
DRB Presents: Lauren Hawkins - Listening to the Forest: ecoacoustics and ecosystem health
Join Kelly Sheldrick for a fascinating talk about bats in southwest WA, including highlights from recent summer trapping work. She’ll share how acoustic lures are being used to attract bats, how acoustic and trapping results compare, and some of the species they’ve caught along the way. Kelly will also talk ...