Karina Knight, our speaker, worked for 36 years at the WA Herbarium and for the last 15 years as Collections Manager and Volunteer Coordinator there. Karina took an interest in myxomycetes (slime moulds) when volunteer Margaret Brims drew them to her attention, and in 2015 began pursuing this as a special interest.
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Our fingers were crossed when we decided to advertise our May meeting as Frogs, Specimens and Books. We knew the frogs would come out if it rained, but would our members do the same? They did, and instead of rain, we had a perfect night for a walk around Star Swamp, with the temperature at 8.30 pm hovering around 18° C . Of course, this was not good weather for frogs.
Read more →A good turnout of 14 members and visitors joined hosts Bob and Lynette Goodale on a fine autumn morning. Bob provided a rundown of its history and the flora and fauna for new visitors to the property. He explained that the low rainfall over autumn meant the lakes were still dry and no water birds were present. It also meant that there would be very few fungi to be found.
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KRM Branch, 23 April 2023 The April excursion was to Goegrup Lake (Greenfields, Mandurah), and a fine turnout of 17 members and visitors were treated to a beautiful autumn morning. The walk started at the Riverside Gardens car park on the Serpentine Riverbank. Up in the canopy of a tall ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 26 April 2023 Our walk around Perry Lakes was planned as a follow-up to the very informative presentation given by Paul Brown, the Works-Coordinator for the Friends of Perry Lakes (FOPL), the week before. This time we had the good fortune to be guided by the group’s ...
Read more →KRM Branch, 17 April 2023 The April general meeting was a Members’ Night, and three members shared images of recent sightings. First up was Daniel Heald, who presented photos of invertebrates found during the KRMB visit to Lake Mealup in March. These included images of a Weevil, a Parasitic Wasp, ...
Read more →NS Branch 19 April 2023 Our speaker for April was Paul Brown, who fills the voluntary role of Works Co-ordinator for the Friends of Perry Lakes (FOPL). It was surprising to learn that despite the popularity and endearing features of the Perry Lakes Reserve, a friends’ group only existed from ...
Read more →Main Club 5 May 2023 Our speaker was David Knowles, a naturalist well known for his wildlife education service “Spineless Wonders”, which he took into schools across the southwest, teaching about macro-invertebrates for 22 years. Now David is a full-time ecological consultant and conducts biodiversity inventory surveys in nature reserves ...
Read more →Main Club April 2023 Our speaker was Dr Wei Xu, senior lecturer in Entomology at Murdoch University. His main research interests are insects relevant to agriculture and medicine. His PhD research project at the University of California, Davis, was on the olfactory proteins of moths and mosquitoes. He is interested ...
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