A print resolution map of the Geology of the Flinders Ranges, including geological notes, drives and walking trails, can be downloaded here.
Geology of the Flinders Ranges map
Ants farming aphids
Iridomyrmex ants farming herds of aphids (and their white nymphs) in Spring in Beltana. The aphids feed on the sap, in this case of an Eremophila biserrata, and excrete sugary ‘honeydew’ which is farmed by agricultural ants in exchange for protection.
Salty Ice Plant flowering
The edible Salty Ice Plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, flowering in Beltana in Spring.
Onion weed
Asphodelus fistulosus, Onion Weed, seen throughout the Flinders Ranges, dies back into vivid orange in Spring.
Devil’s Claw seed pod
Devil’s Claw (Ibicella Lutea) seedpod seen in Warioota Creek, Northern Flinders Ranges.
Perennial Yellow-top
A thriving Senecio magnificus, also known as Showy Groundsel or Perennial Yellow-top, extending into the branches of an Acacia Victoriae.
Three-spined Poverty Bush
Fruiting Three-spined Poverty Bush, Scleroleana tricupis, thriving in the salty damp banks of Copley Retention Dam.
Chequered Swallowtail butterfly
Chequered Swallowtail butterfly, Papilio demolius, sighted in Copley, Northern Flinders Ranges around the spring equinox.
More on the Chequered Swallowtail can be found at SA Butterflies and Moths.
Red Horned Poppy
The Red Horned Poppy (Glaucium corniculatum) is a weed species appearing in the Flinders Ranges.
Fallstreak cloud
Also known as ‘hole-punch clouds’, fallstreak cloud formations occur when part of a cloud of water droplets freezes into ice crystals which grow large enough to fall below as a fallstreak. Read more about fallstreak and other clouds at the Cloud Appreciation Society.