Category: Australia
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More blogs by moi
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Time does fly… as it seems like only yesterday, when I had looked at the number of blogs we have published, some from our wonderful contributors and myself. Looking back at “Blogs by moi”, as of 13 June… Continue reading
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I see bugs…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ In the world of nature, the word “bugs” usually refers to land-dwelling arthropods like insects, spiders, and centipedes, although some bugs are found in and around water. Those tiny creatures we call “bugs” is often used to described… Continue reading
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Cheeky Dogs
Author Koh Lin â—¦ I was going through the many books in my bookcase when I came across… Cheeky Dogs To Lake Nash and Back Author Dion Beasley and Johanna Bell Allen and Unwin. Retrieved 26 July 2019 This certainly brought back… Continue reading
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Megachile aurifrons, in June?
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ A bit of a surprise on this week’s bush-run. 🙂 We’d already had a pretty good day (new glasses, so I could actually see stuff… 😅), but it was getting into late arvo, we were on… Continue reading
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Fear…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Fear is an emotion induced by the perceived danger or threat… Fear is said to be a basic emotion, a natural and primitive emotion, that is experienced and can vary in degree. Fear will triggers the body’s ‘fight-or-flight’… Continue reading
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Noombat
Author Koh Lin â—¦ I was thrilled to observe the distinctive and cute numbat… The numbat, also known as the noombat (in the Noongar language) or walpurti (in the Pitjantjatjara language), is a small distinctively-striped, pouchless marsupial, between 35 to… Continue reading
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Deceased Excitable delma
Author Koh Lin â—¦ This was the first time I have seen an Excitable delma (Delma tincta), unfortunately it was deceased. I come across it walking home, it was on the side of the road. At first I thought it… Continue reading
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The Longhorn Eurynassa servillei
Author Koh Lin â—¦ This is the largest beetle I have found and held in my hand (and yes, I know it was deceased), but at approximately 5 cm in length from the head to the end of the abdomen,… Continue reading
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It sucks to be invisible…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ When you think you are being overlooked, it can feel like you are invisible… and depending on circumstance, it sucks to be invisible… but if you are a bug or insect, it pays to be invisible,… Continue reading
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2B or not 2B… my favourite Bee
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Since I have been observing the world around me, from rescuing insects from the swimming pool and dog drink bowl, to moving insects off the footpaths and those trying to cross the roads, my observation skills… Continue reading
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That’s not cricket…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ My Orthopteroid journey… from Cricket to Toadhopper. The common names of crickets, grasshoppers, locusts and toadhopper describe a range of species (among others) in the order Orthoptera. Most of us would have grown up aware of… Continue reading
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Australian Landscape Artworks
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The magnificent landscape to be found across Central Australia is captured in many paintings by European artists and Aboriginal artists (among whom include the renowned Albert Namatjira). The naturalistic style artworks were painted on a variety of mediums,… Continue reading