SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND FEBRUARY 2019 VOL. 13 NO. 1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2 Program Snapshot 3 Contacts and Editorial 4 New Restoration Tools 6 Plant Protection Methods 8 Biocontrols for Madeira Vine & Cat's Claw Creeper 10 Common Bronzewing 11 Spiny Crayfish 12 Pacific Bazas 13 Book Reviews 14 Blue Butterflies of SEQ 16 Program Highlights New weed control tools, p.4 Different types of tree guards, p.6 Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for Wildlife properties Land for Wildlife habitat (hectares) MESSAGE FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE For the past 14 years, the delivery of the Land for Wildlife program in south-east Queensland (SEQ) has been overseen Land for South East by a Steering Committee comprised of representatives from Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Local Governments in liaison with Healthy Land and Water. Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Due to recent changes in funding, the Steering Committee has 283 moved to a new arrangement for the regional coordination of the program. The Land for Wildlife Regional Coordinator 2,414 position will now be managed and fully funded by participating Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT SEQ Local Governments. The day to day delivery of the services Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT provided to you, the landholders, is not expected to change. The Steering Committee would like to extend our sincere thanks 1,105 and gratitude to Healthy Land and Water for the contribution 8,811 they have made to the Land for Wildlife SEQ program. SEQ Local Governments look forward to continuing to work with Land for South East you on the delivery of this valuable program. If you have any Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East queries or concerns regarding the management arrangements Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT of the program, please do not hesitate to contact your local 125 Land for Wildlife Officer. 3,631 Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland Land for South East SNAPSHOT Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT 584 217 4,247 11,527 Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East Land for South East Wildlife Queensland Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT 715 Land for South East Wildlife Queensland 195 SNAPSHOT 2,339 11,083 176 2,491 Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT 281 433 5,535 South East Land for 5,050 Queensland* Wildlife South East Land for Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT SNAPSHOT Land for South East Wildlife Queensland SNAPSHOT Registered 282 3,463 properties Land for Wildlife is a voluntary conservation program that encourages and12,333 assists landholders to provide habitat for wildlife on their properties. Working towards Land for Wildlife South East Queensland 933 hectares7,345 under Local Governments in south-east Queensland and distributed free of charge to their registration restoration Land for Wildlife members. South East Opinions expressed by contributors to Land for RETAINED is a quarterly publication published by 11 Queensland 62,116 ha HABITAT necessarily those of the Land for Wildlife program nor any of the supporting agencies. Wildlife Printed on EcoStar Silk 100% post-consumer recycled paper, FSC certified, chlorine-free SNAPSHOT *Please note that these total figures are less than previously process and made carbon neutral. Printed Land by Greenridge for Wildlife SouthPress, EastToowoomba Queensland using reported years due to a contraction As at vegetable based inks. of reporting area (no longer includes data from Toowoomba or February ISSN 1835-3851 South Burnett Council areas). 2019 Front Cover: This male Spotted Pea-blue are not a Land for Wildlife propertyPrint in runBrookfield, - 4175 copiesBrisbane. At only 15mm in length with closed wings, their ornate beauty can be easily overlooked. Photo by Deborah Metters. 2 LAND FOR WILDLIFE SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND FEBRUARY 2019 (Euchrysops cnejus) was found settled among long grass on facebook.com/lfwseq Welcome TO THE FEBRUARY 2019 ISSUE EDITORIAL elcome to the first edition for when we do hear about the broader 265 new properties joined Land for Wildlife 2019. Gee it’s been a hot dry ecological troubles facing us all. in 2018; one of our biggest growth years summer for SEQ. I hope this yet. It is commendable to see the level of I will endeavour to not shy aware from the autumn brings some relief support for conservation on private land big issues, so please continue to send in for us, the wildlife and their ecosystems. from both the community and Councils of W your suggestions, and I will always try to SEQ. Hopefully this investment will help Given the extreme summer weather events present them from a perspective relevant hold our wildlife and ecosystems in good and long-held records for temperature, to landholders in SEQ. stead for the ecological changes we are atmospheric CO2 and rainfall being You may notice a slightly new look and feel living through. broken, I was recently asked if we can to this edition, as well as a new schedule present more articles about climate change As always, I welcome your stories, insights starting with this February issue (sorry it's and other major issues we face. and photographs about your Land for a bit late). These reflect several changes Wildlife journey. As Editor, I decided early on in this role to made to the coordination of the Land for make this publication first and foremost Wildlife program in SEQ over the past few relevant to Land for Wildlife members months. Hopefully the services delivered to Deborah Metters in SEQ. When I visit Land for Wildlife Land for Wildlife members have not been Land for Wildlife properties and wander around with their affected. Regional Coordinator custodians, I generally only hear about I am delighted to introduce Kylie Gordon, treasured wildlife encounters, or ways to former Community Partnerships Officer at control weeds, or the landholders’ humble Noosa Council, who is sharing the role of pride in a tree they planted or creek they Land for Wildlife Regional Coordinator with restored. I wanted this publication to reflect me. Kylie brings a wealth of skills in private these types of practical and often good land conservation and local government. news stories that you won’t see on TV. It is great to have her on board. Feel free These are the real life, local experiences to contact either Kylie or I via our email Forward all contributions to: that we can relate to, learn from and addresses shown below. Land for Wildlife potentially adopt on our own properties. South East Queensland The facing page aims to show how the Hopefully they will also keep us going [email protected] program is tracking in SEQ. Impressively, [email protected] Your Land for Wildlife Officers Brisbane City Council - 3403 8888 Amanda Maggs Northern suburbs, Kholo, Mt Crosby Fflur Collier Southern suburbs Catherine Madden Upper Brookfield Cody Hochen Brookfield, Kenmore Hills Land for Wildlife South East Queensland Team, November 2018 Peter Hayes Team Leader Susan Nolan Southern suburbs Logan City Council Scenic Rim Regional Council Tony Mlynarik Anstead, Pullenvale, Rachel Booth 3412 4823 Moggill Keith McCosh 5540 5436 Peter Copping 3412 5321 Nick Swanson 3412 5355 City of Gold Coast Somerset Regional Council Lara Solyma 5582 8344 Moreton Bay Regional Council Darren McPherson 5424 4000 Melanie Mott 5582 8915 De-Anne Attard 0438 910 715 Saul Hondow 5582 8022 Nicole Byrne 0419 700 213 Sunshine Coast Council Scott Sumner 5582 8896 Wendy Heath 3883 5636 Dave Burrows 5475 7345 Northern region Todd Burrows 5582 9128 Michael Mills 5433 2799 Nick Clancy 5439 6433 Southern region Danielle 5475 7339 Northern region Ipswich City Council Noosa Council Outram Danielle Andlemac 3810 6026 Position vacant 5329 6500 Michael Reif 0437 112 071 Southern region Lockyer Valley Regional Council Redland City Council Stephanie Reif 5475 7395 Northern region Martin Bennett 5462 0310 Maree Manby 3820 1106 Alan Wynn 5439 6477 Southern region LAND FOR WILDLIFE SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND FEBRUARY 2019 3 SOME NEW TOOLS of the trade Nick Clancy Conservation Partnerships Officer Sunshine Coast Council or every labour intensive task there seems to be clever weed stems will immediately recognise the benefit of this tool. folk among us who will conjure up a new tool to make the Cutting and painting has always involved carrying a cutting tool job easier. As more people tackle weeds and take on bush such as saw, loppers or secateurs as well as a herbicide container regeneration projects, so too, more new tools are dreamed and sometimes a separate applicator such as a brush. This can Fup and developed in the sheds of Australia. involve at least two to three hands, lots of kneeling, bending, putting down and picking up and the risk of herbicide spills. Jeff’s The ‘Prong’ series is a range of five robust metal digging tools that Wonder Lopper allows the task to be undertaken with one device rely on leverage principles to take the heavy lifting out of digging. and removes the need to kneel as well. Similar to the ‘Tree Popper’ these tools come in a range of sizes to suit different applications and the size of the user. "Anyone who has spent time cutting and painting While the largest ‘Long Prong’ (5.3kg) is not specifically designed for weed removal it is quite effective at removing woody weeds large quantities of woody stems will immediately at the sapling stage.