Rainbow Lorikeets are classed as an invasive species, they are not protected and landowners are able to safely and humanely destroy them. The Environmental and Invasive Biosecurity Branch of NRE have a community Rainbow Lorikeet trapping program running in the Kingston and Hobart areas, where they have a bird trap near a feeder and euthanise any Rainbow Lorikeets [...]

With the recent inclusion of Tasmania, the NT, SA and WA, NatureMapr now provides the ability for anyone, via web or smartphone, to quickly upload their fauna and flora sightings from across Australia and shortly thereafter receive expert identification. This in turn provides important knowledge sharing of historic and current records and observations about the presence and distributions [...]

At the General Meeting on Thursday 7 April, 2022 members Kristi Ellingsen and Tony Daley were presented with the Victorian Entomological Society’s Le Souëf Memorial Award. They then gave a lively and informative presentation  entitled “Alert not Alarmed - Improving the Public Perception of Insects”. Visit the online Field Guide to the insects of Tasmania:  https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com [...]

TFNC members Simon Grove and Lynne Forster, in collaboration with their colleague Nicholas Porch, have published the first in a proposed series of checklists of Tasmanian insects. This checklist is a catalogue of all the described species of Coleoptera (beetles) from Tasmania, including Macquarie Island. The book includes a meticulous up-to-date list of 2,864 species including over 600 [...]