Birds 
Forest raven, grey currawong, grey fantail, 
scarlet robin, pink robin, yellowthroat, superb 
fairy wren, brown thornbill, yellow-tailed 
black-cockatoo, strong-billed honeyeater, 
black-headed honeyeater, yellow wattlebird, 
crescent honeyeater, Tasmanian scrubwren, 
spotted pardalote, golden whistler, green 
rosella. 
Snails 
Natives: Cory odes dufresnii, Poroloomo sp. 
"Knocklofty", Allocharopo sp. "Wellington", 
Cystopelta bicolor, Planilaoma luckmanii, 
Pernogero kingstonensis and Prolesophonto 
nelsonensis. Ferals: Deroceras reticulotum 
and Oxychilus drapornoudi. 
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Ants 
Inch man - Myrmecia forficata (nest) 
Beetles 
Darkling beetles: Adelium abbreviation 
(adults and larva) and Diemenoma TFIC sp 03; 
Prostomid beetles— Prostomis atkinsoni 
(adults and larvae) and Dryocora cephalotes 
(adult); Oedemerid beetle— Dohrnia sp. 
(larva); Stag beetle— Lissotes? sp. (larva); 
Weevil— Dryophthorus ECZ sp 02 (adult); 
Fungus-beetle— Neopelatops TFIC sp 01; 
Eucalypt I e af-beet I e—Paropsis tern a 
bimaculata (adults); Ground beetles— 
Rhabdotus reflexus and Acallistus long us; 
Click beetle— Elatichrosis exarata ; Stag 
beetle— Syndesus cornutus (larvae). 
Ed's note: Apologies to Simon Grove for not 
including this article in the previous issue! 
Federation of Field Naturalists on King Island—16-17 Oct 2010 
Nell Hilliard 
rom the moment the rain clouds parted as our 
plane approached, this magic place had me 
thoroughly captivated. 
A barbeque of luscious local beef at the 
Boathouse on Friday evening , was followed by 
Kevin's presentation on island gastropods, with 
two beautiful shells of the recently rediscovered 
southern hairy red snail (being circulated. 
Saturday was west coast day, beginning with 
Yellow Rock Beach—a 4 km walk past hooded and 
red capped plovers, pied and sooty 
oystercatchers. Beneath Woolly Teatree on the 
back of the dunes, drifts of pink fairy orchids 
flowered, our first of many species for the 
weekend. 
Seal Rocks 
Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club BULLETIN 341 January 2011 p4 
