Year: 2025

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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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  The Art of Emu

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Emus are one of those interesting birds and popular Australian wildlife. Seen in their natural environment, wild emus are often encountered by travellers in the outback, as well as being a popular exhibit in wildlife enclosures.… Continue reading

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  This pretty girl is the Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp

  Author Norm Farmer ◦ This pretty girl is the Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron formosum) a type of mud-dauber wasp that builds pot-shaped nests out of mud. She pops into the granny flat each day, makes her nest in the kitchen… Continue reading

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  Loving baby…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ There is something special seeing juvenile wildlife… We love our babies… Check out other blogs by Koh Lin. Continue reading

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  Top End Spider Adventure

  Author Tissa Ratnayeke ◦ Five fantastic spiders from around Darwin…🙂 Spiders are one of the most abundant fauna groups in our environment. They occupy just about every climate and habitat niche, including our homes, yet most people know very little… Continue reading

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  Blogging Shield Bugs and Stink Bugs

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ Just some of my observations of Shield / Stink Bugs (Acanthosomatidae and Pentatomidae) into a collage … having the comparison really highlights their beauty and diversity. 1.Scientific classificationKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: InsectaInformal: PterygotesOrder: HemipteraSuborder: HeteropteraInfraorder: PentatomomorphaSuperfamily:… Continue reading

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  Ask 10 entomologists for an identification…

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ It started with a pleasant Sunday stroll in the Hills … I was about to sit down on a bench but saw a delightful little blue-winged wasp. I decided to photograph it before sitting down. I… Continue reading

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  obliging enough to pose…

  Author Deb Taylor ◦ This wasp was first sighted moving across gravel and mulch on the ground (as shown in last 3 photos) but after flying away alighted in a nearby Cotoneaster where it stayed for quite some time. kerrileeharris… Continue reading

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  Perception…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ I was reading the other day and the word “perception” jumped out of the page and got me thinking… wow… that is something that has improved in my life… When I looked up the word… Google… Continue reading

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  Stop killing the bugs…

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ Over the years, as I’ve been out wandering in the bush with my camera, a deepening has taken place. As I walk, it’s as though I’m walking myself ever deeper into the natural world, and as… Continue reading

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  Who, me?…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Seeing quite a few of these big guys (and girls) on the mallee flowers at the moment, very friendly… 4th pic, “Who, me?…”, Yes you! In fact, a little too friendly in my opinion… 5th pic,… Continue reading