Year: 2025

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  Leioproctus sp

  Alice Springs Fauna • Alice Springs Bees > Alice Springs Bees Index Happiness… can be saving a Leioproctus sp native bee (rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, Northern Territory). Footnote & References 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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  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