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I am a snotty gobbler
Author Andrew Turner ◦ When I was young, being called a “snotty gobbler” was not a good thing. Now that I’m older, I really enjoy being a “snotty gobbler”. Pictured above is the fruit of the Snotty Gobble Mistletoe, aka… Continue reading
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My heart at the tail end
Author Koh Lin ◦ It started like any other day at work.. although I was feeling a little low. I actually felt heavy in the heart, possibly all that bad news on the television and the internet and thinking of… Continue reading
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the cool embrace…
Author Koh Lin ◦ In the cool embrace… a sleep that slowly ebbs…but not today… Retrieved from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, this Lasioglossum dotatum native bee, initially looked deceased. But life returned and it soon revived, shook off… Continue reading
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Such beauty… such perfection
Author Marianne Broug ◦ I was so moved this morning, with tears forming… I was looking intently at a Dragonfly and didn’t see this beautiful Shingleback, Tiliqua rugosa only a few feet from where I stood. It’s yellow markings with… Continue reading
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Not so squeamish now…
Author Koh Lin ◦ I remember once, I use to be squeamish about touching bugs and things… just as sad, was if they were in the home, as out came that spray or shoe… but times have changed. Since my… Continue reading
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Different enough superficially to make you think…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes a photograph can be definitive… especially when Google say this is Nyssus coloripes (Spotted Ground Swift Spider)… but the photo only shows white spots… And then you see the same but different spider (on the… Continue reading
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the males didn’t seem to care…
Author Mark Hanlon ◦ This is Julodimorpha saundersii from Kalbarri in W.A. today. I found them quite commonly flying over the heath and the females walking across the road (females cannot fly). Unfortunately many were hit by cars however the… Continue reading
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Predator and Prey…
Author Koh Lin ◦ There is something tasty to be had… in a visual feast… Many thanks to our contributors… Check out not quite the surf… Lifeguard and other blogs by Koh Lin. Footnote & References Continue reading
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Creatures so strange…
Photograher Michael Doe ◦ Creatures so strange…that maybe they only exist in fantasy and science fiction… Yet stare long enough…you are ensnared by their hypnotic beauty… Believe in the reality… Photographs © Michael Doe Now that’s a Wrap… | The… Continue reading
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The wing venation thing again and why I suspect it’s Lasioglossum
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Still some more from our last cloudy, rainy day out… The one in the first 4 pics I reckon is a male Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes). Male ‘cos even without counting the antennae segments (including the scape and… Continue reading
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Size and shape of the stigma and curve of the basal vein
Author Gary Taylor ◦ From last week’s bush run… Not sure on this one, but the size and shape of the stigma and curve of the basal vein has me thinking Halictid, so I reckon it’s highly likely there’s a… Continue reading
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But it’s good to see them again
Author Gary Taylor ◦ These gorgeous little unknown (by me, that is😄) Leioproctus are late this year, they’re usually one of the first native bees to emerge in the second week of July. But then, their favourite flowers, the Hakea… Continue reading