Category: Fauna
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Captured moments…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Looking back through some of my photographs and articles, I realised that Mother Nature plays an important part of what I like to snap, write and share. When I hear through friends that their children are using content… 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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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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Egg Sacs and Ootheca
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Everyone would know what a carton of eggs are… Egg sacs are similar except without the carton, although they are contained within a pounch. An egg sac describes a hollow, flexible structure resembling a bag or… 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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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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Shrimps on the claypans… Slugs in the garden
Author Koh Lin â—¦ If you were around in the 80’s to 90’s, you are likely to remember the “Shrimp on the barbie” promotion starring Paul Hogan. The actual slogan of the advertisement by the Australian Tourism Commission was “Come and say… Continue reading
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more of my favourite photos…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ This is part two of my series “some of my favourite photos…“ It is an amazing thing to ponder, that over the years your trusty mobile phone can take so many photos. Of course, the advantage… Continue reading