This Scribbly-gum tree (Eucalyptus haemastoma) is recovering from fire by putting out epicormic shoots. These shoots grow from buds lying underneath the bark. This tree had lost nearly all its leaves in a fire, but the epicormic shoots helped it to survive. The bright red/orange colours in the new leaves are due to anthocyanin, a pigment that protects the leaves from insect predation and from sun damage. The 'scribbles' on the bark of these trees are made by the larvae of tiny moths, which burrow under the bark. Like many eucalypts, scribbly-gums lose their old bark each year, and when they do so the trails of the larvae can be seen.