Nature's Art - The Scribbly Gum is a photograph by Kaye Menner which was uploaded on April 26th, 2014.
Nature's Art - The Scribbly Gum
**ACHIEVED 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST BARK November 2014
Nature's Art - The Scribbly Gum
I captured this image at Lane Cove National Park... more
by Kaye Menner
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Nature's Art - The Scribbly Gum
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Kaye Menner
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**ACHIEVED 1ST PLACE IN FAA CONTEST "BARK" November 2014
Nature's Art - The Scribbly Gum
I captured this image at Lane Cove National Park in Sydney. There are many types of gum trees in this park.
Scribbly gum (Eucalyptus haemastoma) is an Australian eucalypt that is named after the 'scribbles' on its bark. These zigzag tracks are tunnels made by the larvae of the Scribbly Gum Moth (Ogmograptis scribula) and follow the insect's life cycle. Eggs are laid between layers of old and new bark. The larvae burrow into the new bark and, as the old bark falls away, the trails are revealed. The diameters of the tunnels increase as the larvae grow, and the ends of the tracks are where the larvae stopped to pupate.
Eucalyptus haemastoma is a small to medium sized tree (or occasionally a mallee). The bark is smooth, white/grey. Juvenile leaves are stalked, ovate or broadly curved and oblique to 22 x 8 cm, pendulous and blue-green. The adult leaves are stalked, broad lanceolate or curved to 15 x 3 cm, concolourous, glossy green. White flowers appear in late spring to early summer. Capsules are pear-shaped, to about 8 mm diameter, with usually 4 enclosed valves. Distribution is restricted to the coastal plains and hills in the Sydney Region.
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April 26th, 2014
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Kaye Menner
Many thanks again Michaela and Rita for your comment and special thanks to Michaela for the feature in Australian Wildflowers and Native Plants Group. Again a pleasure to view both of your new images and I left a few L/F's in appreciation.