Category: Fauna

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  Juvenile Sacred Kingfisher rescue…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ It was quite windy this particular day, and we heard a commodation outside. The dogs alerted us to a bird on the ground. We quickly scooped it up and placed it into a box lined with… Continue reading

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  OCDB

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Woohoo, reckon I’ve got a “new” species of native bee in my BeeTown…. 😃It’s been a couple of weeks since we’ve had a bush run. Midwest WA got its first rains last week, a whopping 75mm… Continue reading

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  being there at the right time and the right moment

  Author Koh Lin ◦ For us at Ausemade… being there at the right time and the right moment… provides an insight into how the many photographs and articles that we write, come about… The Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons) has… Continue reading

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  Diptera on our back deck

  Author Nikolas Haass ◦ Diptera on our back deck and in our backyard in Carina Heights, Brisbane, Queensland (26th April – 20th May 2025). Dichaetomyia sp Mesembrius bengalensis Chrysomya megacephala Sarcophaga sp Cephaloconus tenebrosus Nephrotoma australasiae Chaoborus ornatipennis Chironomus sp.… Continue reading

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  a face a mother could love

  Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin ◦ There is a saying… “a face only a mother could love” This page is a work in progress (currently listing 30 photographs)… Continue reading

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  Alice Springs Spiders

  Alice Springs Bug Life series… Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin ◦ The nature of the landscape and attractions here in Alice Springs provides an incredible backdrop to the many types of spiders that call Alice Springs Home… Technically, spiders… Continue reading

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  Alice Springs Butterflies and Moths

  Alice Springs Bug Life series… Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin ◦ The nature of the landscape and attractions here in Alice Springs provides an incredible backdrop to the many butterflies and moths that call Alice Springs Home… Following are… Continue reading

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  Alice Springs Bug Life

  Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin ◦ The nature of the landscape and attractions here in Alice Springs provides an incredible backdrop to the many insects that call Alice Springs Home… We present here a selection of some of the… Continue reading

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  Life on the Banksia praemorsa

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes you need to be at the right place at the right time… to capture some of the life that enjoy the Banksia praemorsa. Like many banksias, when in flower, they attract a variety of insects… Continue reading

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  Firetail

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ The “Firetail” Stenotritus… 😃 Ok, nothing to do with this week’s bees, but pretty stoked… 🙂 4 years ago I spotted a male Stenotritidae with an unusual bright orange tuft of bum fluff that didn’t match… Continue reading

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  Four units in this procession…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ The word “procession” has its roots in Latin – move forward, late Old English, via Old French from Latin processio(n- ), from procedere ‘move forward’ Source: Dictionary.com Whilst not quite a cavalcade, on this particular morning,… Continue reading

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  a lot of Psyllid activity …

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ I came across a small Eucalypt yesterday with a lot of Psyllid activity … Phyllolyma sp. adults and lerps. Quite uncommon apparently to see the adults and also with them mating. Note the balls of sugary… Continue reading