Scribbly Gum

The gum trees on the property are all shedding their bark -  a uniquely Australian tree occurrence as far as I know.  Some of them look amazing with large strips of bark hanging off at various angles and  piles of bark litter on the ground underneath.

 

This gum is obviously the Scribbly  - Eucalyptus  racemosa . It grows to about 20m high on sandy loam such as we have here. The trunk is the feature however with multiple tracks of the pupae of the moth Ogmograptis scribula.  On the internet there is only one photo of this moth from the Australian National Botanic Gardens website:

http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/insects/ogmograptis.html

The moth is unremarkable from the photo, but the pupae certainly adds some "colour" to the trunk of this species of gum tree.

35mm of rain yesterday - looks like more showers today as well.

Less posting for the next few months as I have some academic work to prepare.