Plume moth larvae, brought in to Australia to eat horehound. Lots around on my hound but they're not controlling it. Now what else can I do with horehound?

Common halfband hoverfly attracted to the indigenous cut leaf daisy. Good for the garden as pollinator and preditor of aphids.

How you can tell your soil has lots of insect activity. #birdsbeingbirds

My article I wrote for HortInsights is now published in their spring edition: www.linkedin.com/company/aust...

Shout out to the person in my neighbourhood who is burning plastic in their fireplace.

The idea that mass immigration is to blame for the housing crisis doesn't stack up when you look at the data. Over the past 20 years the amount of housing in Australia has actually increased faster than the population has grown! 📈 @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol

Melbourne Airport, are we sure Icarus is the best statue for an airport? Like if I recall the ending of the legend correctly...

Light brown apple moths are out. (and my grapevine doesn't even have leaves yet)

Helped out a primary school tree planting event, some kids asked about beetle larvae they found and I told explained. This cemented me as the contact point for all insects and when they left, the feedback of the day was insects were the best part... Didn't mean to hijack the environmental message 😅

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My olive harvest actually turned out well. Surprise surprise.

Wattles are starting to bloom and I saw my first hoverfly of the season, spring is getting close. The ant is Chelaner kiliani, the 6th genus of ant I've found in my suburban backyard (7th if you include alates).

Funny how much widely reported ecology research is just "have you tried reducing the stocking rate and rotational grazing?"

Apparently if you store okonomiyaki batter in the fridge overnight when using red cabbage, you end up with the most off putting vivid blue okonomiyaki 😂

Picked up my akubra from being resized in the city. Easiest way to carry it was to wear it. I imagine I looked like I'd jumped off the vline.

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Critically endangered Spiny Rice-flower. A plant that flowers in mid winter.

Happy Election Day, Tasmania! Polls are now open. Don’t forget to support your local community fundraisers (and remember, you can get a sausage even if you’ve already voted!) #TasVotes #DemocracySausage

Top revegetation work here. Scalped all the native tussock grass to plant back in some native tussock grass.

Canberra is using shooting to control rabbits?! That is less than useless. Rabbits will breed faster than you can shoot them, and you have blown your budget to achieve nothing. You need to remove warrens and harbour. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Nawww crap. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Frosty morning this morning. If you have long grass this irrigated each square metre of ground with >2 shot glasses of water. (If mown or heavily grazed half that or less) 🌱💧

One of the best parking spots in Victoria.

Presentation on insect monitoring I gave for Ribbons of Green in the Yarra Valley last night had a Baz Luhrmann feel to it.

Harvesting the last olives for the year. So many people have never had the experience of eating and enjoying fresh juicy olives straight off the tree, and that's really sad. (shhh...)

Like many millennials, a 3 year contract with opportunity for extention would be an amazing job offer.

Got mine today, good for another year.

Toddler and baby cook books are wild #shitrecipes:

Heh.

Greens maintain their primary vote and balance of power but stand by for 3 years of they were destroyed and rejected.

No liberal seats remain in Melbourne.

Anyone feeling physical discomfort with some of these Lib interviews?

Heh, very early but Victorian Socialists are currently out polling Liberals in Cooper ⚒️

But lastly, everyone who volunteered to run sizzles, cake stalls and helped crowd ‘sauce’ our data. Thanks also to the many people who bought sausages, cakes or other election goods to support their local community. Thank you! Team #democracysausage signing out until the next election 🫡

Looking at the current results all parties have 0 seats, if this trend continues it looks like democracy will end in Australia.

As is tradition.

Hey Australia, guess what? We have reports of Election Day sausage sizzles on every continent. Yes, even Antarctica! #AusVotes #DemocracySausage

Can't talk right now.

One of the worst weeds no one considers a weed, phalaris.

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9am sudden heavy burst of rain, perfect timing for Easter Sunday.

Oi!

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Just got an email stating I have been added to a merit list for an APS job I applied for... 14 MONTHS AGO!!

Dense urban plantings are a double edge sword. They create good sheltered conditions for the growth of young trees while suppressing weed growth. However the older the trees get, the more they compete for resources, with growth rates grinding to a halt.

What Melbourne would have looked like when John Batman arrived. Worth noting that Batmans trip was funded by a grazing organisation.

I like to leave aphid covered weeds like this. Aphids tend to be host specific so I'm not worried about damage to my garden plants, but the species that prey on aphids are less picky. This provides habitat for beneficials to disperse from into the garden as biological control. 🐞🐝

The 30 under 30 list strikes again!

My most ironic library hold.