Note the organisms that do not have a green tick and recheck the diet of these organisms in case you have missed a link.
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Carnivore. Small mammals including young rabbits and bandicoots. Birds, especially ground-nesting or ground-dwelling birds, including eggs and hatchlings, small reptiles, frogs and invertebrates.
Some cats are urban strays surviving mainly on human refuse. Others are feral animals which survive by eating native animals. Usually solitary and nocturnal, spending most of the day sheltering in a hollow log, rock pile or an old burrow. Rabbits have helped the spread of feral cats by providing food and burrows for shelter. Feral cats breed from the age of about one year in any season. They can have up to 2 litters of about four kittens each year. Feral cats are prey for foxes, dingoes and wedge-tailed eagles.
Feral_Cat_01
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Wikipedia
Fauna
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Decomposer - breaks down dead and organic matter.
Fungi do not produce their own food. We generally observe the spore-producing fruiting bodies of fungi, however the majority of the organism lives underground, consisting of a network of microscopically thin threads called hyphae. This network, called a mycelium, spreads throughout the soil and decomposes organic matter in the soil.
FUNGI2_GARYCLARK
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Difficult
Gary Clark
Non-fieldguide Species
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Perennial, hardy and drought tolerant. Most common in grasslands and open sites on the edges of woodlands or heathlands. Plants may die back in very dry conditions and reshoot after rain.
Common_Everlasting_03
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Difficult; Medium; Very Easy
Cathy Powers
Flora
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Herbivore. Native Everlasting daisies, other daisy species, grasses and introduced Capeweed, Scotch Thistle and Lavender.
Females lay single green eggs on food plant leaf. The whole lifecycle is approximately 53 days.
Australian_Painted_Lady_01
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Difficult; Medium; Very Easy
Glenn Rudolph/DEPI
Fauna
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Carnivore. Insects including beetles, moths, cicadas and caterpillars, also spiders and other invertebrates.
Breeding season: autumn, spring-summer. Females lay 80-1500 pigmented eggs within a floating foam mass.
Spotted_Marsh_Frog_01
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Difficult; Medium
Peter Robertson
Fauna
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Carnivore. Adults feed on crickets, cicadas, beetles, moths, caterpillars, other invertebrates, small frogs and fish.
Breeding season: Spring and early summer. Females lay 1,900-3,900 pigmented eggs in a floating jelly raft which sinks soon after. Males generally call while floating in open water.
Growling_Grass_Frog_01
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Difficult; Medium
Peter Robertson
Fauna
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Carnivore. Small mammals including mice, rabbits and bandicoots. Insects including grasshoppers, cicadas and beetles as well as small lizards, snakes and birds.
Breeding season in southern Australia is from August to November. This species does not build its own nest but occupies nests built by other bird species. The nest is often relined. The female lays a clutch of 2-3 eggs which are incubated for 31-35 days chiefly by the female but the male will also take this role at times. The male supplies most of the food during this time. The young fly at 30 days.
Brown_Falcon_01
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Difficult; Easy; Medium
Bob Winters
Fauna
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Perennial. Mostly grows in sunny habitats, from grassland to desert to heathlands. Most wallaby grass species are rapid colonisers of disturbed ground, particularly dry, poor soils. They can survive heavy grazing and drought.
Common_Wallabygrass_02
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Difficult
Paul Gullan/Viridans Images
Flora
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Omnivore. Small invertebrates including worms, beetles, crickets, moths, cicadas and caterpillars. Plant bulbs and tubers including the Plains Yam Daisy, fruits and fungi.
Active at night. Can breed throughout the year, but mostly between July to November. Pregnancy lasts just 12 days, so they can produce up to five litters of young per year, with an average litter size of two. Can breed after 4 months of age. Average lifespan is 18 months to 2 years. Males need 13-20 hectares while females need 2-3 hectares.
Eastern_Barred_Bandicoot_04
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Difficult
The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries/McCann
Fauna
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Carnivore. Vertebrates including lizards, rats, mice, birds, including eggs and hatchlings, and other snakes.
Diurnal (active during the day), Oviparous (meaning lays eggs). Can lay up to 35 eggs usually in cracks in the soil.
Eastern_Brown_Snake_01
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Difficult; Very Easy
Peter Robertson
Fauna
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Herbivore. Larvae feed on the roots of native grasses.
Active only during the hottest part of hot, sunny, and relatively still days. The adult moths live for 1-4 days. Larvae spend 2 or more years underground. Adult moths emerge from underground between November-December. Females lay 100 to 150 eggs; they rarely fly and mostly walk. Males can make long flights but do not travel more than 100 m away from suitable habitat patches. This means it is difficult for them to colonise new areas at a distance.
Golden_Sun_Moth_01_0
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Difficult
Glenn Rudolph/DEPI
Fauna
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Perennial. Growth tends to be most vigorous in summer. This grass can become very dense (high biomass) and growth can block out other grasses and forbs. This grass is most healthy when it is occasionally reduced by burning, grazing or mowing, but it declines if overgrazed. Preferentially eaten by sheep. Seeds are eaten by birds and leaves are used as nesting material.
Kangaroo_Grass_01
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Difficult; Easy; Medium
Reto Zollinger
Flora
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Perennial. Dies down in summer and reshoots in autumn. Flowers provide nectar for butterflies and are a food source for native bees. The introduced weeds Hairy Hawkbit, Leontodon saxatilis and Cat's-ear, Hypochaeris spp. have similar flowers however may have branched flower stems, hairy or scaly leaves, or very noticeable lobes on their leaves.
Plains_Yam_Daisy_01
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Difficult
Elspeth Swan
Flora
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Herbivore. Plant sap from eucalypts, native herbs and grasses.
The female pierces plant stems and inserts eggs into the slit produced. Eggs hatch into wingless nymphs that drop to the ground and burrow beneath the surface. The lives of nymphs are spent underground. As they grow they shed their skin at intervals. Adult cicadas live a few weeks only.
Smoky_Buzzer_02
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Difficult; Easy; Medium
Glenn Rudolph/DEPI
Fauna
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Omnivore. Insects including cicadas, moths and butterflies, also worms and other invertebrates. Plant roots from native grasses and herbs, tubers including the Yam daisy and fungi.
Mostly active at night; spends the daytime sheltering in a hollow log or a well hidden shallow hole in the ground lined with leaf litter. Digs narrow, cone-shaped holes in the soil in search of food. Prefers to stay close to cover when in search of food. Breeding can occur between winter and autumn, usually 2-4 young per litter, with up to three litters per year. Survival depends on finding and defending an adequate territory; a large adult may need 7 hectares. They usually live alone and can live up to 3 years.
Southern_Brown_Bandicoot_04
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Difficult; Easy; Medium
Bob Winters
Fauna
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Carnivore. Spiders, crickets, cicadas, caterpillars and moth larvae.
Diurnal. Oviparous (egg laying) generally producing 2 eggs during spring/summer.
Striped_Legless_Lizard_01
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Difficult; Easy; Medium; Very Easy
Peter Robertson
Fauna
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Carnivore. Frogs and small insects including cicadas, moths and caterpillars.
Viviparous (live young). Producing 20-30 live young late summer or early autumn. Active day and night.
Tiger_Snake_01
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Difficult
Peter Robertson
Fauna
