Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Still some more from our last cloudy, rainy day out… The one in the first 4 pics I reckon is a male Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes). Male ‘cos even without counting the antennae segments (including the scape and…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ From last week’s bush run… Not sure on this one, but the size and shape of the stigma and curve of the basal vein has me thinking Halictid, so I reckon it’s highly likely there’s a…
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Author Dorothy L. â—¦ Wish I could fly… Like high in the sky… Photographs © Dorothy Latimer Check out more blogs and contribution by Dorothy Latimer.
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ A willow tree that was struck by lightning last year.Most of the top was split off.I feel the tree still carries the angularity and shock of that … like it’s still ‘screaming’. Wonderful thick fog this…
Author Dorothy L. â—¦ You have to get up early if you want to make it to your birding spot for sunrise… but the rewards are something special… Photographs © Dorothy Latimer Check out more blogs and contribution by Dorothy…
Author Terry Dunham â—¦ Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) and Banksia lemanniana (Yellow Lantern Banksia). Note the two different species spelling, that sometimes get confused when naming them >> H. Lehmanniana is named in honour of German botanist Johann Georg Christian…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Still on my mystery Hylaeine… One suggestion was it looked like Hylaeus (Hylaeteron) douglasi. So for comparison, on the left, 1st pic is the female douglasi, the one below (2nd pic) is the male. The 3rd…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Banksia bees, part 1 (there’s just too much going on for one post)… Ok, so last week I mentioned just starting to see the usual “Autumn” bees, albeit a month and a half later than usual,…
Author Gary Taylor â—¦ Like little jewels coming out of the ground… From the very brief vid you’d reckon I was in some kind of tiny native stingless bee swarm, and you’d be half right… they are native bees and…