Saturday, February 26, 2011

TROPICAL Cyclone Carlos I

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Weather Channel senior meteorologist Dick Whitaker said Darwin recorded a total of 339.6mm of rain during the 24 hours ending at 9am today.

"This is an all time 24 hour rainfall record for the city," he said.

This rain is on top of the 131mm which fell in the previous 24 hours. The two-day total of more than 450mm is also a new record.

A side-effect of this persistent rain is cold weather.

Darwin is experiencing some of its coldest wet season weather on record as the temperature struggles to exceed 25 degrees.

Today's downpour has taken Darwin's monthly rainfall past 950 millimetres, making it their wettest month in 34 years, and is within striking distance of becoming the wettest month on record.

This month has now become wetter than January 1995 when 940mm fell and as of 3pm Wednesday was only 60mm short of the record 1013mm, set in March 1977.

More than half of this month's rain came down in just three days last week, during Cyclone Carlos' development. This was the wettest three days on record, when a whopping 645mm fell.

Some parts of Darwin have already exceeded one metre of rain for February. Up until this morning Leanyer had 1060mm.
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Banded-legged Aretza Aretza sp .3
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii Cocoon
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii Cocoon
In Underground Chamber
Darwin
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Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii larvae 5th Instar
Feeding On
Gardenia megasperma
Darwin
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Blattellid Cockroaches Balta sp.
Darwin
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Burying Mantid - Sphodropoda tristis
Darwin
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Cartonema sp
Darwin
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Cartonema sp
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Cartonema spicatum
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls.
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Clearwing Swallowtail Cressida cressida
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Clerodendrum floribundum
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Commelina ensifolia
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna Catepillar
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna Cocoon
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna Empty Cocoon
Darwin
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Common Crow Euploea core corinna Immediately After Hatching
Darwin
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Cricket Salmanites taltantris
Darwin
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Crusader Bug - Mictis profana 3rd Instar
Darwin
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Cycad Cycas calcicola
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Diptera sp.
Darwin
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TROPICAL Cyclone Carlos II

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Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta Cocoon
Darwin
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Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta Larva
Feeding On
Billy Goat Plum Planchonia careya
Darwin
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Emperor Moth Syntherata janetta Larva's Feet
Feeding On
Billy Goat Plum Planchonia careya
Darwin
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Flemingia parviflora
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Garden Bermius
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Giant Frog Cyclorana australis
Darwin
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Glossy Shield Bug - Cermatulus nasalis
Eggs and 1st instars
Darwin
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Goodenia pilosa
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Gum Hopper Platybrachys sp
Darwin
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Harry Moth Caterpillar Possible Lymantriidae sp
Darwin
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Harry Moth Caterpillar Possible Lymantriidae sp
Darwin
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Hibbertia lepidota
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Horned Treehopper Eufairmairia sp.
Darwin
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Hoya australis
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Jewel Beetle Buprestidae sp.
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Katydid Conocephalus sp. instar
Darwin
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Little Egret Ardea garzetta Breeding Condition
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
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Long-jawed Spider Tetragnatha demissa
Darwin
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Lotus Lily Nelumbo sp
Darwin
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Lycid Beetle Porrostoma sp.
Darwin
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Macaranga involucrata
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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TROPICAL Cyclone Carlos III

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Mantid Ciulfina sp.
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Mantid Hierodula sp.
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Monkey Grasshopper Geckomima sp.
Darwin
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Orange-headed Wasp Moth - Amata annulata
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Orb Weaving Spider Argiope Keyserlingi
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Red-headed Honeyeater Myzomela erythrocephala
Darwin
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Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
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Salticidae Jumping Spider Cosmophasis sp
Darwin
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Scarlet Gum Eucalyptus Phoenicea
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Scarlet Gum Eucalyptus Phoenicea Emerging Flower
Darwin
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Sesbania cannabina
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
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Spotted Pea-blue Euchrysops cnejus
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Spotted Pea-blue Euchrysops cnejus Egg Laying
On Cajanus acutifolius
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Stink Bug Pentatomidae sp. Nymph
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Tricoryne elatius
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Urena lobata
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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Utricularia uliginosa
Litchfield National Park Tolmer Falls
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Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens
Litchfield National Park Sandy Creek
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White Banded Noctuid Moth - Donuca orbigera Close Up
Darwin
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White Banded Noctuid Moth - Donuca orbigera
Darwin
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White spotted Tussock Moth - Orgyia australis
Feeding On
Acacia holosericea Darwin
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Wild Grape Ampelocissus sp
Darwin
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