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Striped Greenhouse Slug (Ambigolimax valentianus)Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Dissection confirmed ID - relatively short unfolded penis with prominent flagellum
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Striped Greenhouse Slug (Ambigolimax valentianus)Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Dissection confirmed ID relatively short unfolded penis with prominent flagellum. Example of A. valentianus being invasive in bushland (it is the dominant or only species in Hobart gardens but both waterstoni and valentianus occur in the bush.) Photo at home of specimen collected from here.
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Striped Greenhouse Slug (Ambigolimax valentianus)Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Dissection confirmed ID - relatively short non-folded penis with prominent flagellum
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Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Dissection confirmed ID - long folded penis without flagellum. Again, poor quality photos taken at home of specimens collected at this location, but what I have. Quite small specimens but 1 was mature.
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Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Dissection confirmed ID - long folded penis without flagellum. Photographed at home after collection from site shown. Apologies for bad photo lighting, all I have.
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Maroonhood (Pterostylis pedunculata)Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Yes this is a correct locality! 4 plants, 2 flowering 2 finished, growing in church lawn. Mowed a few days later alas but little colony may have been there for some time.
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Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Date is estimated (definitely mid-1982). As so many excellent Cypraeidae observations have been uploaded for this area it is becoming a nice inventory of the species that have been recorded there. So I thought I'd add one historic record to the list. Length 27 mm. ID confirmed Felix Lorenz mid-late 2000s. Specimen not in great condition and only survived various weedings of my collection because I did not know what it was.
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Bedeva vinosaObserver
kevinbonhamDescription
c. 10 mm, presumably not adult, another one I haven't seen round here before. Under rock.
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Ophicardelus ornatusObserver
kevinbonhamDescription
Have walked past this area many times this year but only a few weeks ago noticed a large population of this species extending for a few blocks along the rivulet, most visible on the north side of the rivulet but a few on the southern side. Did not see any other marsh snails with them. (Not sure how far up the Derwent they go; I did find a dead one at Cornelian Bay once.)
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Half-grained Bonnet (Antephalium semigranosum)Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Unusually far upriver record for this species and a new one for me for my current "home beach" (such as it is).. Could be a discard but inclined to think probably natural since (i) condition typical of shells washed up in area (ii) more shells than usual washed up on beach today.
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Genus OoperipatellusObserver
kevinbonhamDescription
Zoodoo's first velvetworm! c. 2.5 cm, found under rock.
Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
Tentative ID as this is the species with previous Tasmanian records from Bridport area. Photo by @simongrove . Have seen many polyxenidans in Tasmania but not this one - very fast running!
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Collis's Pinhead Snail (Laomavix collisi)Observer
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Portuguese Millipede (Ommatoiulus moreleti)Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
These were actually everywhere in the BB study area so I have just given one sample record.
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Observer
kevinbonhamDescription
New record for study area but recorded elsewhere in Alum Cliffs reserve.
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Tasmathera legrandiObserver
kevinbonhamDescription
This was the first record of this species at this site for 30 years. Name is shortly to be moved to a new genus.
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Veined Helmet-Orchid (Corybas diemenicus)Observer
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Genus ParalaomaObserver
kevinbonhamDescription
Paralaoma hobarti