Category: Blog
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A little Plume Moth came to visit…
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ A little Plume Moth came to visit inside this afternoon. No idea how it got in. It sat on the windowsill and I took the opportunity of taking a few photos before catching it and letting… Continue reading
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I see red…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ You can sometimes see “red” in the most surprising places… from the eyes of the Golden-browed Resin Bee, to the butt end of the Red and Blue Beetle. There is also the aptly named Redback Spider and the… Continue reading
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A male red-head saved from a watery grave
Author Koh Lin â—¦ This was one lucky red-headed male, saved from a watery grave… I was just doing my usual morning rounds, checking the water level of the swimming pool, when I spied something dark and black, slowly sinking below the… Continue reading
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Look at me… the Caper White
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Among the many butterflies that catch my attention, is the Caper White Butterfly, Belenois java (found in Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia) and the sub-species Belenois java teutonia (found in Australia). Often seen solo or in groups, they can be sighted… Continue reading
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The lack of…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ This is a male bee. The arched basal vein suggests it belongs to the family Halictidae and genus Lasioglossum. The lack of an apical yellow stripe on the clypeus suggests it belongs to the subgenus Homalictus. The lack… Continue reading
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The Greenest Motorbike Frogs
Author Len van der Waag â—¦ January 2022One of the greenest Motorbike Frogs (Ranoidea moorei) that I have found in our garden for some time. This one lives in between the folds of the cloth on my shade house, obviously… Continue reading
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Figure Eight Moth
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Among the many moths that catch my attention, is the Figure Eight Moth, also known as the Owlet Moth (Ophiusa parcemacula). Sometimes rescued (out of the swimming pool) or found in the cool of the morning, resting on… Continue reading
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Lomera pantosemna Moth
Author Len van der Waag â—¦ This 15 mm long male Lomera pantosemna moth in the Psychidae family of case moths spent two days and a night on one of our flyscreen windows before flying off on the second evening. Our… Continue reading
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Blue Meanie
Author Koh Lin â—¦ 1987 I was drinking one night from my place at the bar When I looked in my drink and saw staring up An ugly pair of hideous red eyes That glared in reply to my inquisitive stare And it’s… Continue reading
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O Alice Springs
Author Evelyne Roullet â—¦ 2003 O Alice Springs australienne ensorceleuse Celui qui te voit, qu’ll arrive des cieux Ou bien par la route des aïeux Ne peut plus oublier ce site mystérieux. C’est un trou…où les concentrations humaines Échappent à la logique… Continue reading
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Get the point… Echidna
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Do you get the point… we love the Echidna. Our first time seeing a wild Echidna was back in September 2001 when we were on holidays in Coonabarabran in New South Wales. There it was, just… Continue reading
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Stranger
Author Koh Lin â—¦ 1989 My heart thumps in staccato as i stir the doona that keeps me warm it clings to me and bears me down to places that are never found taking me far, where no thoughts are An electric jolt… Continue reading