Category: Fauna

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  The Art of Emu

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Emus are one of those interesting birds and popular Australian wildlife. Seen in their natural environment, wild emus are often encountered by travellers in the outback, as well as being a popular exhibit in wildlife enclosures.… Continue reading

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  This pretty girl is the Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp

  Author Norm Farmer ◦ This pretty girl is the Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron formosum) a type of mud-dauber wasp that builds pot-shaped nests out of mud. She pops into the granny flat each day, makes her nest in the kitchen… Continue reading

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  Loving baby…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ There is something special seeing juvenile wildlife… We love our babies… Check out other blogs by Koh Lin. Continue reading

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  Top End Spider Adventure

  Author Tissa Ratnayeke ◦ Five fantastic spiders from around Darwin…🙂 Spiders are one of the most abundant fauna groups in our environment. They occupy just about every climate and habitat niche, including our homes, yet most people know very little… Continue reading

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  Blogging Shield Bugs and Stink Bugs

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ Just some of my observations of Shield / Stink Bugs (Acanthosomatidae and Pentatomidae) into a collage … having the comparison really highlights their beauty and diversity. 1.Scientific classificationKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: InsectaInformal: PterygotesOrder: HemipteraSuborder: HeteropteraInfraorder: PentatomomorphaSuperfamily:… Continue reading

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  Ask 10 entomologists for an identification…

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ It started with a pleasant Sunday stroll in the Hills … I was about to sit down on a bench but saw a delightful little blue-winged wasp. I decided to photograph it before sitting down. I… Continue reading

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  obliging enough to pose…

  Author Deb Taylor ◦ This wasp was first sighted moving across gravel and mulch on the ground (as shown in last 3 photos) but after flying away alighted in a nearby Cotoneaster where it stayed for quite some time. kerrileeharris… Continue reading

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  Stop killing the bugs…

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ Over the years, as I’ve been out wandering in the bush with my camera, a deepening has taken place. As I walk, it’s as though I’m walking myself ever deeper into the natural world, and as… Continue reading

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  Who, me?…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Seeing quite a few of these big guys (and girls) on the mallee flowers at the moment, very friendly… 4th pic, “Who, me?…”, Yes you! In fact, a little too friendly in my opinion… 5th pic,… Continue reading

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  Time to play…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Following on from our blog There’s more than size, when opposite attracts, another look at the escapades of the males and the female… when it is time to play for the Australian Goldern Orb Weaver Spiders… Continue reading

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  No clue have I

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Yet another windy week, makes for lots of photo deleting as it is without accidentally and unknowingly changing the mode setting on your camera to 20 frames per shot (I’d reckon it was while being dragged… Continue reading

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  is it still really necessary to get pinned specimens in order to get published?

  Author Phil Warburton ◦ I found this interesting wasp at the Ulladulla Wildflower Reserve on the NSW south Coast. I believe it is a Calopompilus sp. and I think it is an undescribed species. We can quickly eliminate 10 of… Continue reading