Category: Fauna
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Life and Death of a Parasitoid Host
Author Tony Vernon ◦ Imagine hanging out in your favourite alfresco dining spot, anticipating a freshly flown-in “plat du jour”, only to find yourself mugged and drugged by said meal. A life changing experience, literally. For upon awakening, though you… Continue reading
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Mouse or mice…
Author Koh Lin ◦ The mouse has been in my head lately… although this may be because I have been seeing them qute often… either dead or alive… The following was only recently, as I walking east into town. The main road… Continue reading
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Walking with insects…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Over the years, I have seen many insects. Some were rescued from dog water bowls and swiming pools, some in shops and shopping malls, others from pedestrian walkways and roads. Sometimes just the slightest ovement would catch my… Continue reading
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I heard the Owl call…
Author Koh Lin ◦ There is a memory from my teenage years… of being friendly with my school libarian. I still remember her name… Mrs Foot. I was a bit of an avid reader back then, and I remember she recomended a… Continue reading
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Memories of Animals at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin ◦ The Alice Springs Desert Park was one of those places where I could get close to some of the animals that live in Central Australia. Among some of the photographs I have snapped during my numerous visits to… Continue reading
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Love of marsupials…
Author Koh Lin ◦ There is something about our marupials that we love… Marsupials are members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. One of the marsupials distinctive characteristics (and common to most of the species of marsupials), is that the young are carried in… Continue reading
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Beanie Festival Wildlife… 2026
Author Koh Lin ◦ There is nothing to fear from the wildlife at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival… and this 30th year celebrates the love we have for our wildlife… from birds, marsupials, mammals, repitles, ocean creatures, insects and spiders… enjoy! This… Continue reading
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Memories of Birds at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin ◦ Since arriving in Alice Springs in 2006, one of the many places I frequented and continue to visit, is the Alice Springs Desert Park. As one of the key attractions in Alice Springs, it is worth visiting throughout… Continue reading
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More captured moments …
Author Koh Lin ◦ As I look back through some of my photographs, I could see that I had snapped many photos of insects, and a phrase comes to mind “all creatures great and small”. For those that remember, the phrase became… Continue reading
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Captured moments…
Author Koh Lin ◦ 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 from friends that their children are using content… Continue reading
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I see bugs…
Author Koh Lin ◦ 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 ◦ 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