Category: Insects
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But it’s good to see them again
Author Gary Taylor ◦ These gorgeous little unknown (by me, that is😄) Leioproctus are late this year, they’re usually one of the first native bees to emerge in the second week of July. But then, their favourite flowers, the Hakea… Continue reading
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my mystery Hylaeine…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Still on my mystery Hylaeine… One suggestion was it looked like Hylaeus (Hylaeteron) douglasi. So for comparison, in the 1st pic is the female douglasi, the following 2nd pic is the male. The 3rd pic is… Continue reading
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More of the Banksia bees…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ More of the Banksia bees… Some of the smaller but I reckon still absolutely gorgeous little ones… Again all Hylaeinae, most likely Hylaeus and possibly all Prosopisteron species but apart from the 3rd and 4th pics,… Continue reading
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Lord of the Bees…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ 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,… Continue reading
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just regular peak hour traffic
Author Gary Taylor ◦ 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… Continue reading
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Sleeping beauty…
Author Koh Lin ◦ for some… sleeping beauty is forever… whilst others may revive… a life rescued… Check out other blogs by Koh Lin. Continue reading
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Leafhoppers of Belair…
Author Marianne Broug ◦ I present my collage of a number of the Typical Leafhoppers, Family Cicadellidae that I have seen in Belair National Park. They are all very small. I’ve only included the ones of a similar shape …… Continue reading
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THE EYES OF FLIES!
Author Marianne Broug ◦ I frequently make up various collages etc. with the aim of education or for simply getting folks excited / interested / enthused about insects and our natural world. This is a collage of some amazing fly… Continue reading
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“The indestructible insect”
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Velvet ants, one of my all time favourite little critters. In the family Mutillidae they are related to the Thynnid wasps and are a wingless wasp (females only) but oh so much more capable. The females… Continue reading
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Glad we bagged one before they were all gone…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ This little cutie is Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) “mysterium puella”, one of my first “unknown” species and the girl that not only drew me into the world of the smaller and lesser known native bees, but also taught… Continue reading
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it has two tear drop markings on it’s back…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ So it turns out my new Bembix is likely an entirely new undiscovered species… Cool, but they were crap photos focus wise (my camera isn’t great with moving targets), so I went back out today to… Continue reading
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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