http://woodlandtrust.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/scribbly-gums/ Jill Butler and Ted Green blog their activities surrounding ancient trees, their preservation and their importance Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:04:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://woodlandtrust.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/scribbly-gums/#comment-191 Sean Freeman Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:32:19 +0000 http://woodlandtrust.wordpress.com/?p=153#comment-191 It is remarkable that this relationship between moth larvea and the trees has produced to what is for us an iconic symbol of the bush. The common name is applied to a number of smooth-barked Eucalypts that have marks on the trunk caused by the burrowing activities of the larvae of a small moth. In fact scientific knowledge regarding this relationship was somewhat sketchy till quite recently. http://www.csiro.au/resources/ps28j.html#1 It is remarkable that this relationship between moth larvea and the trees has produced to what is for us an iconic symbol of the bush. The common name is applied to a number of smooth-barked Eucalypts that have marks on the trunk caused by the burrowing activities of the larvae of a small moth. In fact scientific knowledge regarding this relationship was somewhat sketchy till quite recently. http://www.csiro.au/resources/ps28j.html#1

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