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labour of love… orchids
Author Koh Lin ◦ Continuing on with my labour of love… we have presented a selection of images and information on flora throughout Australia, which is another real passion of ours. One of the popular flora groups are the beautiful… Continue reading
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labour of love… native bees
Author Koh Lin ◦ Continuing on with my labour of love… there has been a huge surge of interest in native bees over the last couple of years… and we thoroughly enjoyed presenting some of the native bees found here… Continue reading
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labour of love… fauna
Author Koh Lin ◦ Continuing on with my labour of love… it has been a real pleasure exploring the fauna that live here in Australia. From our mammals, marsupials, birds, reptiles through to many insects and spiders. The world of… Continue reading
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labour of love… flora
Author Koh Lin ◦ Continuing on with my labour of love… we have presented a selection of images and information on flora throughout Australia, which is another real passion of ours. From natives flora, shrubs and trees, to plants that… Continue reading
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labour of love
Author Koh Lin ◦ I have often been asked why I do what I do with Ausemade… the answer is, I love it. It is something that I nuture, watch it grow and want to share. When I look at… Continue reading
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Our four legged family…
Author Greg Sully ◦ When Pup came into our lives, she was heaven sent… with a broken leg, the scar around her muzzle, and the sweetest face… we named her Pupperlicious… Pup was a wonderful dog and an integral part… Continue reading
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Going batty…
Author Koh Lin ◦ When we were shown this deceased bat in Alice Springs, which was identified as a Finlayson’s Cave Bat (Vespadelus finlaysoni)… it got us thinking… what “bats” do we have on our Ausemade website… one of the… Continue reading
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a little bee that looks like a little Crabronid wasp
Author Koh Lin ◦ It’s either a little bee that looks like a little Crabronid wasp, or a little Crabronid wasp that looks like a little bee… It looked almost deceased, when I fished it out of the swimming pool… Continue reading
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A male Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp
Author Koh Lin ◦ Some times I wonder… who is lucky… the insect that I have rescued from the swimming pool… or me, having the opportunity to capture some closeup photos. Here I was, doing my usual ground maintenance, when… Continue reading
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the punch-ups and brawls
Author Gary Taylor ◦ I’ve mentioned in a few posts of the punch-ups and brawls that go on between males of the same species fighting over territory and how the different species seem to get along. And I’ll say straight… Continue reading
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Australia’s “Marsupial” bee
Author Ken Walker ◦ Australia’s “Marsupial” bee — a world first. It is known that female bees carry mites on their body. While these mites are on the bee, they are in the non-feeding dormant stage called hypopial nymphs. Once… Continue reading
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she slowly turns and slips away enticingly…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Meanwhile, back at the ranch, while I was out galavanting around the countryside (tho’ admittedly well worth it 🙂), unbeknownst to me, a little bee that I have been chasing for nearly 6 years, has been… Continue reading