Author Gary Taylor â—¦ “Try catching the bee and put it in the freezer for a bit” they say, “it slows down their metabolism and you can get some good close up pics and then set them free” they say……
Author Jean and Fred Hort â—¦ As a child I spent many happy days with my brothers, sister and friends running to the top of sand hills and jumping off. Yesterday, we experienced something that reminded me very much of…
Author Andrew Turner â—¦ When I was young, being called a “snotty gobbler” was not a good thing. Now that I’m older, I really enjoy being a “snotty gobbler”. Pictured above is the fruit of the Snotty Gobble Mistletoe, aka…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ It started like any other day at work.. although I was feeling a little low. I actually felt heavy in the heart, possibly all that bad news on the television and the internet and thinking of…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ In the cool embrace… a sleep that slowly ebbs…but not today… Retrieved from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, this Lasioglossum dotatum native bee, initially looked deceased. But life returned and it soon revived, shook off…
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ I was so moved this morning, with tears forming… I was looking intently at a Dragonfly and didn’t see this beautiful Shingleback, Tiliqua rugosa only a few feet from where I stood. It’s yellow markings with…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ I remember once, I use to be squeamish about touching bugs and things… just as sad, was if they were in the home, as out came that spray or shoe… but times have changed. Since my…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Sometimes a photograph can be definitive… especially when Google say this is Nyssus coloripes (Spotted Ground Swift Spider)… but the photo only shows white spots… And then you see the same but different spider (on the…
Author Mark Hanlon â—¦ This is Julodimorpha saundersii from Kalbarri in W.A. today. I found them quite commonly flying over the heath and the females walking across the road (females cannot fly). Unfortunately many were hit by cars however the…
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