Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Species List: 09-12-2017, Pincushion "Island", Maroochy River, Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

1 species was sighted at Pincushion "Island", Maroochy River, Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast, Qld, 09-12-2017.

A shallow water find in a tougue of the river with Waye Ellis. Maximum depth 1.5 m, 25 C water temperature and up to 2 m viz.

After receiving a message from Wayne to ID a slug he found in the river I got excited and drove straight to the location where Wayne was waiting, near Twin Waters Resort. A walk down the beach got us to Pincushion. Around the corner to the right of the river mouth was a tongue of water. In that small body of water were many large green egg masses and many large slugs. The sizes ranged from 150-200 mm. A healthy population!

Number of species sighted

Bursatella leachii 50+

Tongue of water where animals were found

A pair of Bursatella leachii

Bursatella leachii

Bursatella leachii

Bursatella leachii

Bursatella leachii

Close-up of Bursatella leachii

Wayne checking out Bursatella leachii

Bursatella leachii

Close-up of Bursatella leachii

Wayne and 3 animals

Egg mass

Egg mass

Egg masses in the shallows

Close-up of eggs