Peter Caley

Bogong moths in #Namadgi doin their evening “maelstrom” flights. #AgrotisInfusa #BogongMoth #navigation

Good news in that substantial numbers of #bogong moths have aestivated (summer version of #hibernation) around the summit of Mt Gudgenby this summer just gone. It clearly still has got the goods (i.e. has cool enough temps). #Namadgi #AgrotisInfusa #bogongMoth

No #bogong moths on Mt Gudgenby in #Namadgi NP this year, unlike the 1850's when 500 First Nations people were camped on Mt Gudgenby station, most likely preparing to ascend the nearby peaks to collect moths. More info in publish.csiro.au/pc/Fulltext/PC…. #AgrotisInfusa

Good news in that increasing numbers of #bogong moths are are arriving atop Mt Gingera in #Namadgi NP.

Bogong moths are back in a big way to brighten your XMAS! #AgrotisInfusa #BogongMoth

Need some good news to end the year on, then the number of #bogong moths migrating to the Alps may suffice? In the Brindabellas they're back to numbers not seen since b4 the Tinderbox Drought of 2017-19. Poor video sorry, see photos.app.goo.gl/oRREsvt9qcdDZX…. #AgrotisInfusa #BogongMoth

Of course, actual #bogong moths tiling on a cave wall high in the Brindabella Ranges are the best! There are plenty arriving at the moment, reflecting on all those observations by the good citizens of #Canberra. #Namadgi #BogongMoth #Aestivation #AgrotisInfusa

and "Bogong Moth" by Reko Rennie also at the National Museum. There are more. #OurNMA

This year #Canberra is clearly in the running to be the #bogong moth citizen reporting capital, based on the latest Moth Tracker reports at swifft.net.au/mothtracker/. #AgrotisInfusa #Citizen #BogongMoth #Migration

Fantastic sites and so encouraging to see so many moths on the move. Keen to see whether they stay and aestivation or move higher up the mountain. 6/6

And we found heaps of moths (I’m talking millions) amongst the granite boulders after the ravens gave them away. 5/n

Migrating #bogong moths are still moving thru Canberra. Here’s one under the door at work. 1/n #migration #AgrotisInfusa

Swarms of #bogong moths on the wing in Canberra tonight with reports from Civic, Cook and Mawson playing fields (heaps around the floodlights). Some of the ones on my back patio are fat as — those larva have been on a good wicket somewhere. #migration #AgrotisInfusa

A new thread for the coming #bogong moth migration and aestivation. More wrinkles for me but this new generation female from my back patio is perfect. #AgrotisInfusa, #BogongMoth, #Migration, #Canberrra

Up on Mt Gingera today. No bogong moths in any of the sites on top yet, but c. 20K in a single cave at 1780 m on the western edge. That’s right, 20K moths have found their way to ONE spot with none scattered across the other possibilities. Amazing! #migration #fieldwork

Checked Tidbinbilla Mtn in #Namadgi for bogongs following a tip off from Ranger Ali. They’re still there but tucked away in the crevices. At c. 1600 m asl and in marginal real estate (crevices not deep enough) they won’t stay (too warm). Encouraging though.

You can record your sightings of bogong moths at portals such as Moth Tracker (swifft.net.au/mothtracker/), @inaturalist and @NatureMapr. All records will find their way into the @atlaslivingaust.