tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post2673107668348350327..comments2023-03-25T18:22:01.575+11:00Comments on MY GROWING PASSION: Limnodynastes peronii!Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-69607606537435549612007-12-02T16:23:00.000+11:002007-12-02T16:23:00.000+11:00So much to learn, so little time!So much to learn, so little time!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-43780815371178922002007-12-02T15:56:00.000+11:002007-12-02T15:56:00.000+11:00Hi Margaret -I'm afraid I dont know much about cic...Hi Margaret -<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid I dont know much about cicada taxonomy :).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-24282709408276527192007-12-02T11:26:00.000+11:002007-12-02T11:26:00.000+11:00Hi David,The green grocers and yellow mondays are ...Hi David,<BR/><BR/><I>The green grocers and yellow mondays are two colour morphs of the one species. Some of the green grocers we have in Berowra have some yellow on them and I presume they are somekind of intermediate.</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, okay. I'd assumed that they were different species. Are they classed as subspecies, do you know? (I'm much less on top of speciation/hybridisation in animals thanMargarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-25416950808551348892007-12-02T10:50:00.000+11:002007-12-02T10:50:00.000+11:00Hi Margaret -It's larger than a black prince (my p...Hi Margaret -<BR/><BR/>It's larger than a <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/petrichor/2066293527/" REL="nofollow">black prince</A> (my photo is of a newly emerged female and she's still a little light in colouration) and small than a green grocer. The green grocers and yellow mondays are two colour morphs of the one species. Some of the green grocers we have in Berowra have some yellow on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-69185725007824050182007-12-02T10:41:00.000+11:002007-12-02T10:41:00.000+11:00Ack, I meant yellow baker or cherry nose. Obviousl...Ack, I meant yellow baker or cherry nose. Obviously the names aren't flooding back as accurately as they might. ;)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-4224183605421723952007-12-02T10:28:00.000+11:002007-12-02T10:28:00.000+11:00That photo of the "redeye" is stunning, David! Wel...That photo of the "redeye" is stunning, David! Well done. I don't remember that particular species from my childhood, though it looks lots like a black prince, eyes excepted. Is it the same size as a black prince, or more like your green grocer or cherry baker? (Damn, the names are flooding back to me!)Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-11950202307591056112007-12-02T10:23:00.000+11:002007-12-02T10:23:00.000+11:00Hi Margaret -The cicadas can be deafening and you ...Hi Margaret -<BR/><BR/>The cicadas can be deafening and you live so close that I suspect it's much the same where you are. Although I've seen three other types - the <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/petrichor/2055028771/" REL="nofollow">redeye</A> seems the most common here in Berowra.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-62503388510433012222007-12-02T10:11:00.000+11:002007-12-02T10:11:00.000+11:00Yay, it worked!In your email you wrote:the same sp...Yay, it worked!<BR/><BR/>In your email you wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>the same species of<BR/>frog has colonised a pond in my back garden this spring.<BR/>I've only seen one frog - but having recently found a large<BR/>patch of frogspawn I'm going to go out on a limb and say<BR/>there's at least two.<BR/><BR/>I like their Tok, Tok calls.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, it is a good call. I used to call them "dock Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456006889868172386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-81756400893286347802007-12-02T10:00:00.000+11:002007-12-02T10:00:00.000+11:00Hi Margaret -Congrats on the new frogs :). I hope ...Hi Margaret -<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the new frogs :). I hope this post works!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36572098.post-63167391818114135322007-12-02T09:30:00.000+11:002007-12-02T09:30:00.000+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com