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She lives on in her chosen nest protecting the family she’s raising
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Still in BeeTown and back to Meroglossa rubricata, to me the most fascinating of all beesโฆ As I’ve mentioned before, they not only communicate to each other with their own “language” of buzz like vibrations, unlike… Continue reading
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suddenly something bigger came torpedoing out of the nest…
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Meroglossa rubricata, the bees in my previous post that seemed to be communicating to each other with short and quiet but audible little buzz vibrations. ๐ In that post I half joked that I was becoming… Continue reading
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It was all over in three frames
Author Dorothy L. โฆ We were all getting along nicely, when suddenly the Singing Honeyeater decided it wasn’t getting enough attention. The Singing Honeyeater lashed out at the Hooded Robin and being female, she wasn’t putting up with it. It… Continue reading
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In the folds of the Platypus buds
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Rare footage of native bees attacking a flower wasp! ๐ Nah, only joking, it’s just a mid day siestaโฆ Thyreus waroonensis (Waroona Cuckoo bee), flower wasp and Lipotriches (Austranomia) australica all having a snooze together, tucked… Continue reading
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she said I could call her “June”
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Another little bee I met cruisin’ the Banksiasโฆ (she said I could call her “June”โฆ yeah, I know! Weirdโฆ it’s normally only the guys that like to give themselves names and as you know it’s usually… Continue reading
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Elizabeth Bay
Author Koh Lin โฆ 1981 I met you for a brief moment when our path’s crossedโฆ a pleasurable repose and when you passed you left behind for those who cared an image, a memory, a part of your time that… Continue reading
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With the shortening of the days
Author Gary Taylor โฆ With the shortening of the days comes the flowering of the Banksias, and with them a whole new array of little native bees. And I make the point of saying “little” bees ‘cos apart from being… Continue reading
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Is your glass half full or half empty?
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Gorgeous little male Megachile on a Banksia, love the big fluffy modified fore tarsiโฆ (Tarsi is just the scientific word for the last major segment of an insect’s legs, in human terms ‘hind tarsi’ would be… Continue reading
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she seems to favour the Eucalyptsโฆ
Author Gary Taylor โฆ This little cutie, Hylaeus (Rhodohylaeus) proximus, is another one of the “usual culprits” I often see on my bee hunts. And although I’ve seen her on many different types of plants (Hakeas, Banksias, Grevilleas, Melaleucasโฆ) she… Continue reading
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running out of room to add new apartments…
Author Gary Taylor โฆ Still in BeeTown, the Meroglossa rubricata population just keeps growingโฆ So, running out of room to add new apartments without blocking out existing onesโฆ gotta respect your existing tenants ๐โฆimagine finding your dream home, the perfect… Continue reading
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not quite the surfโฆ Lifeguard
Author Koh Lin โฆ After my umpteenth rescue, it appeared to me that I was like a surf lifesaver, except without the surfboard, or the surf… ok so there was no beach, and it was just a swimming pool… so… Continue reading
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Strike a pose
Author Dorothy L. โฆ First I have to find the right rock… Action replay… Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) ยฉ Dorothy Latimer Check out more blogs and contribution by Dorothy L. Continue reading