Entomological Society of Queensland

BRISBANE KOALA BUSHLANDS BUG-CATCH
Saturday 8th October, 2011

The next Bug-Catch will be held at the Alperton Rd Visitor Centre in the Brisbane Koala Bushlands at Burbank, 15 to 17 km SE Brisbane, organised in conjunction with Mick Lawson, Natural Area Coordinator, East Local Asset Services, Brisbane City Council,  and Kathy Ebert from the School of Biological Sciences, at the University of Queensland, as part of a field trip for the Insect Science and Terrestrial Invertebrate university courses.

About Bug-Catch
“Bug-Catch” is a program of collecting trips run by the Entomological Society of Queensland, in conjunction with the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. The object of the trips is to utilise the specialist insect collecting and identification skills of Society members to assist DERM to compile lists of invertebrates for protected areas (National Parks, Forest Reserves, State Forests, etc). Members are asked to supply lists of species collected, and these are included by DERM in their faunal databases.

Brisbane Koala Bushlands
Brisbane Koala Bushlands is a series of conservation parks extending from the Daisy Hill area to Logan City and the Redland Shire. Most of the parks are linked and total 800 hectares of Eucalypt forest, creating invaluable habitats for the koala. An estimated three to five thousand koalas reside in the Bushlands that remain relatively undisturbed. Other animals can be spotted in the parks, including grey kangaroos, red-necked wallabies, a variety of frogs, squirrel gliders, peregrine falcons, and white-bellied sea eagles.
Malaise traps and pitfall traps will be set up beforehand.
Sweep netting, beating, bark spraying, and hand searching will be used from 10am with light sheets being set up at dusk at the Alperton Rd Visitor Centre.
The Stockyard Creek circuit track and boardwalk at the Alperton Rd Visitor Centre gives good access to permanent freshwater, riparian habitat, spotted and scribbly gum, Casuarina stands, and some stringybark and ironbark.

The Alperton Rd Visitor Centre (UBD page 203) is in the Brisbane City Council’s Brisbane Koala Bushlands at Burbank, 15 km SE Brisbane.

See Brisbane Koala Bushlands track

Date/Time.
It all happens on Saturday, October 8th from 10 am. We will have some organised activities for UQ students.  Participants may come and go at anytime.

Food
You are responsible for all your own food and drink. There is no drinkable water at the site. There are electric BBQs available, power, tables and benches, large shelters and toilets at Alperton Rd Visitor Centre.

What to Bring
Bring all your collecting gear. A daypack could be useful as there is the opportunity to walk and explore quite a way into the reserve along the tracks. There is some water to collect in so bring dip nets and some white trays. A torch or headlight and jumper will be good if you are staying for the evening.

Let us know by phone or email if you are coming....
Geoff Monteith and Christine Lambkin
Bugcatch Coordinators
Queensland Museum
Telephone 38407699

Email Christine Lambkin