Jan 2010 
No meeting or excursion in January. 
Thu, 4 Feb 
Meeting 7.15pm in Life Sciences building, University of Tas. 
Guest speaker Elizabeth Daley will present' Pest or Guest: Learning from Nature .' 
Dr Daley is a Research Associate with the School of Geography and Environmental 
Studies at the University of Tasmania, and best known to field nats as the author of the 
excellent Tasmanian insect book ‘ Wings'. 
6 or 7 Feb 
Excursion to a reserve of Elizabeth Daley’s near the East Coast. 
Details will be announced. 
Taroona shell excursion — 6 Sep 2009 
Report by Kevin Bonham 
The outing to Taroona Beach, held in the afternoon for tide reasons, attracted about 23 members and 
guests. On a low (but not especially low) tide we sampled for shells starting at the south end of the main 
beach and heading south to the rocks south of Hinsby Beach. Shells collected by members at the south 
end of the main beach were gathered together on a large platter and Simon Grove picked through them 
identifying them all, and showing pictures of many of the species in Margaret Richmond's books. In 
total, 91 species of marine mollusc were collected. 
You can view Simon’s list at http://www.tasfieldnats.org.au/Bulletins/bull336-TaroonaShellList.pdf ). 
Our examination of the catch was attended by a large fast-running isopod and several species of 
staphylinid beetles. 
The most surprising find of the day was a juvenile cowry collected by Simon on Hinsby Beach; the 
stripes showed it to be Notocypraea comptoni , which is seldom collected around the Derwent. Indeed, 
Simon hasn't collected the species from Taroona before in all his collecting trips there. 
I had a bit of a bash for terrestrial invertebrates, collecting the snails Magilaoma "tasmanica" and 
Laomavix collisi (both already recorded from Taroona) and the now obligatory bristletail (haven't 
examined it closely yet but it's very likely Machiloides hickmani, which was first described from nearby 
Kingston Beach). 
Mt Cameron Field Study Centre 
The North-East Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club will host the Federation get-together, 13-14 Nov, at 
Mt. Cameron. There is 25 km 2 of eucalypt and sheoak woodland, wet sclerophyll gullies and patches of 
heath-land, with a diverse flora and spectacular mountain scenery. Good facilities for children too. 
For more detail and to book, phone North-Easf s secretary Louise Brooker, on 0417 149 244, or email 
brooker@vision.net.au 
For those attending, there are detailed directions below. The Centre has a landline phone: 6355 2215, but 
note that mobile phone service is patchy in the area. The centre will be open from 4pm on Friday 
afternoon. 
From Bridport: 
Travel east towards Gladstone; about half an hour along that road the surface changes to gravel, 
coinciding with the Banca Road junction. Do not turn down this road but continue on towards Gladstone. 
After 8.5 km of gravel road, turn right onto the Old Port Road. This road is not sign posted but there may 
be temporary signs attached to the fence saying ‘Field Study Centre’. 
Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club BULLETIN 336 Oct 2009 p2 
