-Amaurobioides sp. Anyphaenidae silken tubes at the base of gorse bushes and under rocks just above 
high tide where it feeds on isopods. 
Other Invertebrates 
-Agonoscelis rutila (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) horehound stink bugs- black and orange. 
-Tetranychus lintearius (Acari) gorse spider mites and webs 
Yellow and black caterpillar-(Crambidae: Odontiinae) in gorse flower, 
-Wheeleria spilodactylus (Lepidoptera) horehound plume moth larva under a rock. 
-Anthela ocellata (Lepidoptera: Anthelidae) a woolly bear caterpillar that feeds on grasses. 
-Apina callisto (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) caterpillar of the day flying pasture moth which feeds on dock 
and plantain. 
-Ligia sp slaters at high tide mark and above. 
-Cercophonius squama (Scorpionida) scorpion under rocks on sand and grass 
-Labidura truncata (Dermaptera) 30mm, a native earwig with pale sides in coastal areas but is darker 
inland. Feeds on crickets ( Teleogryllus commodus ) and caterpillars held in its cerci (large posterior 
pincers). Found under rocks in the grass and on the shore at high tide level. 
-Amblyopone australis (Formicidae) ant nests in sand above high tide mark 
References: 
Cooper, P. 2001. What physiological processes permit insects to eat Eucalyptus leaves? Austral Ecology , 
26(5): 556-652. 
DPIPWE, 2008 Horehound ( Marrubium vulgare) control guide, 
< http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/webpages/rpio-4zvw517open > 
Ireson, J., Holloway, R. and Chatterton, 2000. W. Progress on the rearing, release and establishment of 
the horehound plume moth, Wheeleria spilodactylus (Curtis), for the biological control of horehound in 
Tasmania Plant Protection Quarterly 15(1): 33-35. 
Ireson, J., Gourlay, A., Kwong, R., Holloway. R. and Chatterton, W. 2003. Host specificity, release and 
establishment of the gorse spider mite, Tetranychus lintearius Dufour (Acarina: Tatranychidae), for the 
biological control of gorse, Ulex europaeus L. (Fabaceae), in Australia. Biological Control. 26: 117- 
127. 
Knoss, W., Reuter, B. and Zapp, J. 1997, Biosynthesis of the labdane diterpene marrubiin in Marrubium 
vulgare via a non-mevalonate pathway. Biochemical Journal , 326: 449-454. 
Weiss, J. and Sagliocco, J-L. 2000 Horehound ( Marrubium vulgare ): a comparison between European 
and Australian populations. Plant Protection Quarterly 15(1): 18-20. 
Wills, E. 2000 The release and establishment of two biological control agents of horehound ( Marrubium 
vulgare L.) in south-eastern Australia. Plant Protection 
Correction 
Arthur Clarke notes that the cave cricket referred to in Bulletin 335, page 7, is likely to be Micropathus 
tasmaniensis rather than M. kiernani. 
Excursion photos will be posted at 
http ://www.tasfieldnats. org.au/ExcnPhotos/ExcnPhotos.htm 
Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club BULLETIN 336 Oct 2009 p7 
