Two surveys of critically endangered Golden Sun Moths will occur on weekends between Saturday 22nd November and Sunday 14th December, 10.30am -12.30 pm. Surveys will only be held on days when sun moths are likely to be flying: warm, still days.

Please register if you are likely to be able to help survey sun moths on any of these weekend days.

MCMC will email you on the Thursday prior if a survey is scheduled for the coming weekend.
Registration is essential but does not obligate you to attend. Registered participants will be contacted on the Thursday prior if the survey is scheduled to go ahead. Click here for registration form.

Click here to download a poster for the Golden Sun Moth Surveys (pdf)

Note that this weekend (22nd and 23rd of November) are unsuitable for Sun-moth emergence and no surveys will be run.  Stay tuned for news on further surveys!

Brightly coloured Ground Shield Bugs (Choerocoris paganus) are livening up the large Hop Bush (Dodonea viscosa) in MCMC's front garden in East Brunswick. To find out more about these bugs, which have a preference for Hop Bushes, click here (external link). Hop Bush has been extensively planted in revegetation plots along Merri Creek and makes a great garden plant.

Photo of a mature female (Brian Bainbridge, October 2008).

The Merri Creek and Environs Strategy, first published in 1999, has been extensively revised and updated. Copies are available from most libraries in the catchment. Comments from interested groups, individuals and agencies are welcomed.