Category: Australia
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say hello to Bembix lupiae
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Here’s a new one for me, pardon the crap pics but they were all I could get… He/she (dunno but for the sake of the story I’ll say “she”) was flighty as… I’m out in the… Continue reading
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!
Author Annette Fraser-Dunn ◦ OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG! My new bee hotel has a TENANT! I am a tad excited. My neighbour over the back fence called out because she thought I was having a seizure. I yelled back,… Continue reading
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Photogenic posers…
Author Terry Dunham ◦ One of the many reasons I love finding the Leafless Orchids (Praecoxanthus aphyllus) is the photogenic nature of them… and finding interesting and amusing poses… Here we have a Double Leafless flower stem, and a couple… Continue reading
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Blowing bubbles…
Author Koh Lin ◦ I woke up this morning from dreams of blowing bubbles… When we were younger, I am sure many of us would have enjoyed blowing those bubbles, seeing the bubbles being blown into the air, and running… Continue reading
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The beauty and the…
Photograher Michael Doe ◦ Once upon a time…In a place not so far away…There was the beauty and the… There is a saying that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder…“ Photographs © Michael Doe Now that’s a Wrap…… Continue reading
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Discovering the wonderful Eurobodalla National Park
Author Phil Warburton ◦ Urban development is usually not great for wildlife. However, surprisingly, there are some good-news stories that we can celebrate, and which give cause for optimism. During the last 100 years, there has been a marked increase… Continue reading
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The Red Centre / Central Australia
Author Emily Simpsons ◦ With its many names… The Heart of Australia, The Red Centre, The Arid Centre, The Dead Centre… this region is like a faceted precious gemstone, a place also known as Central Australia, that reflects aspects of… Continue reading
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Halobates Sea Skaters
Author Phil Warburton ◦ We recently came across a group of unusual insects called sea skaters. We observed a mating aggregation of several dozens of these interesting and elusive members of the order of Hemiptera (the “true bugs”), in the… Continue reading
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The Real Housebees of Berrinba
Author Annette Fraser-Dunn ◦ Wow. It’s not all rainbows and unicorns and fluffy bunny slippers in Golden-browed Resin Bee society is it? At least not between two of my residents in Megachile Mansions. I was out there this morning and… Continue reading
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Rediscovering our long-lost Insects
Author Phil Warburton ◦ As amateur naturalists, we are fortunate to live in the Eurobodalla, because the South Coast is home not only to a wide variety of plant, bird, mammal, reptile, and other species, but also to several rarely… Continue reading
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And the flavour of the month goes to… Megachile aurifrons!
Author Gary Taylor ◦ And the flavour of the month goes to… Megachile aurifrons! Well done Fronsy! There’s been some great pics… I didn’t get any 😅 In the first pic she seems to have small eyes and a weirdly… Continue reading
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Nothing to do on a hot afternoon…
Author Andrew Turner ◦ When there’s nothing to do… on a hot afternoon… here in Central Australia we can at least go down to the local waterhole… Oh… it looks like someone else has the same idea… This is the… Continue reading