THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST Number 142 2020 Published by the Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Inc. The Tasmanian Naturalist 142 (2020) The Tasmanian Naturalist 142 (2020) The Tasmanian Naturalist 142 (2020) VOLUME 142 (2020) ISSN 0819-6826 THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST TFNC Contents Hobart Waterworks during the Time of COVID-19 Eddie Gall ...................................................................................................................................1 kunanyi lockdown ramblings Simon Grove ...............................................................................................................................9 Recent research on the ammonite pinwheel snail Ammoniropa vigens (Legrand, 1871) Kevin Bonham & Bruno Bell ............................................................................................15 A case study of wind throw in a pure stand of southern sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum) Trevor Olesen...........................................................................................................................26 Jewels on fire! The Miena Jewel Beetle,Castiarina insculpta (Carter, 1934) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), and the 2019 Great Pine Tier fire Karen Richards & Chris P. Spencer ...............................................................................35 Monitoring of Flame Robins (Petroica phoenicea) in June 2020 in south-east Tasmania Els Wakefield & Peter Vaughan ......................................................................................41 Urban bushland reconnaissance survey: Havelock Street Reserve, Launceston Maynard, D., Pugh, K., Fearn, S., Douglas, J., Bassnett, G., & Denning, D. .....45 Impact of the jewel beetle Cyrioides imperialis (Fabricius, 1801) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) on Banksia marginata revegetation at Seymour, Tasmania Karen Richards, Chris P. Spencer, David Quon & Cheryl Quon ......................61 Buchwaldoboletus hemichrysus in Tasmania: A golden dilemma Richard Robinson & Genevieve Gates .........................................................................67 The Tasmanian Naturalist 142 (2020) A new look for Tasmania’s terrestrial amphipods (sandhoppers, beachfleas and landhoppers) Alastair Richardson .............................................................................................................73 Two fireweeds back from the dead: the rediscovery ofSenecio longipilus and Senecio extensus from the Tasmanian Central Highlands Mark Wapstra, Grant Daniels & Richard White ......................................................83 Sap flow feeding by adult golden stag beetlesLamprima aurata (Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) in northern Tasmania Simon Fearn .............................................................................................................................91 Fieldwork of a bird illustrator in Tasmania Joris De Raedt ........................................................................................................................97 Nature’s undertakers: the insects that dispose of animal corpses in the Tasmanian bush Simon Grove ...........................................................................................................................103 What is the life span of a Silver Gull? Els Wakefield .........................................................................................................................115 First record of a blue Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from Tasmania Karen Richards & Chris P. Spencer .............................................................................117 Investigating a lacustrine herbland at Musselroe Bay, North-East Tasmania Louise Brooker ......................................................................................................................121 Highlights of pelagic birding from Eaglehawk Neck 2019/2020 Els Wakefield......................................................................................................................................129 The Tasmanian Flora Network – Publicising changes to vascular flora and threatened species lists 2019–2020 Wendy Potts ............................................................................................................................141 Obituary – Catadromus lacordairei – 28 October 2020 Chris Spencer and Karen Richards ..............................................................................151 Book Reviews..............................................................................................................................152 Sponsorship Advice to contributors The Tasmanian Naturalist 142 (2020) The Editorial team is: Mick Brown Alastair Richardson Stephen Harris Deirdre Brown Sabine Borgis Views and opinions expressed in papers in the journal reflect those of the author(s) and are not necessarily those of the Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Inc. 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