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Facebook Cover Photos II
Author Koh Lin ◦ Following on from a previous blog titled Facebook Cover Photos, AusEmade have also presented header photos on some of the topics we have covered, especially on the flora and fauna to be found in Australia… following… Continue reading
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Firetail
Author Gary Taylor ◦ The “Firetail” Stenotritus… 😃 Ok, nothing to do with this week’s bees, but pretty stoked… 🙂 4 years ago I spotted a male Stenotritidae with an unusual bright orange tuft of bum fluff that didn’t match… Continue reading
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Four units in this procession…
Author Koh Lin ◦ The word “procession” has its roots in Latin – move forward, late Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n- ), from procedere ‘move forward’ Source: Dictionary.com Whilst not quite a cavalcade, on this particular morning,… Continue reading
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a lot of Psyllid activity …
Author Marianne Broug ◦ I came across a small Eucalypt yesterday with a lot of Psyllid activity … Phyllolyma sp. adults and lerps. Quite uncommon apparently to see the adults and also with them mating. Note the balls of sugary… Continue reading
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Art for art’s sake
Author Koh Lin ◦ “Art for art’s sake” or l’art pour l’art… is a phrase describing a philosophy that art should be valued for its inherent beauty and aesthetic qualities, that is independent of any social, moral, or political purpose.… Continue reading
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Journey into the Spiderverse
Author Koh Lin ◦ Looking back at my phantasmagorical journey into the “spiderverse” is something I could never imagine in my younger days… creepy crawlies and eight legs to boot… The following photo is of a spider moult sitting next… Continue reading
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Marsupial Mouse
Author Koh Lin ◦ The “Marsupial Mouse” is a common name to describe a small Australian mouse-like animal, that belong to the Dashyurids (family Dasyuridae, order Marsupialia). As is sometimes the case with common names, the “Marsupial Mouse” is also… Continue reading
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The existence of Fair Folk in our bush…
Author Marianne Broug ◦ ~ Are there Fairies / Faeries in Australia? Your questions answered. 😂 ~ “We’ve all heard tales of Bunyips and Drop Bears, large mythical creatures that instill fear in locals and alarm tourists. But there are… Continue reading
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Fragments… my father
Author Koh Lin ◦ As I get older, I realise some memories are slipping away… but now and again, a snippet pops into my head. Sometimes it takes a little effort to bring that memory to the fore and if… Continue reading
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Shades of a roo…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Sitting quitely, sitting still…I sometimes see a kangaroo. Maybe red, maybe brown…I’ve also seen it in grey and white. No matter the colour of the kangaroo…These marsupials come in shades of a roo. The word ‘kangaroo’… Continue reading
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the magnificent Hakea victoria
Author Terry Dunham ◦ The outstanding beauty of the magnificent Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea) adorned in colourful foliage and bloom is a very rewarding sight to enjoy. (Hakea= Baron van Hake, patron of German botany + victoria = Queen Victoria… Continue reading
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Whose there…
Author Andrew Turner ◦ When all there is… Is a piece of reflective glass… But then you know, that one of them knows…. Grammatically it is “Who’s there?”…. but these birds don’t speak… they just babble 🙂😄🙃 See our Alice… Continue reading
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