Year: 2025

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  Life on the Banksia praemorsa

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes you need to be at the right place at the right time… to capture some of the life that enjoy the Banksia praemorsa. Like many banksias, when in flower, they attract a variety of insects… Continue reading

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  A casual stroll through…

  Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin ◦ Ausemade is a treasure trove of things to search through and to read, with many visitors to our website having arrived here as the result of an internet search. Expanding beyond the initial… Continue reading

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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