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Category: Fauna

  • just regular peak hour traffic

    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

  • Sleeping beauty…

    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

  • Leafhoppers of Belair…

    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

  • THE EYES OF FLIES!

    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

  • “The indestructible insect”

    “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

  • Glad we bagged one before they were all gone…

    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

  • it has two tear drop markings on it’s back…

    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

  • say hello to Bembix lupiae

    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

  • OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!

    OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!

    Author Annette Fraser-Dunn ◦ OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG! My new bee hotel has a TENANT! I am a tad excited. My neighbour over the back fence called out because she thought I was having a seizure. I yelled back,… Continue reading

  • Blowing bubbles…

    Blowing bubbles…

    Author Koh Lin ◦ I woke up this morning from dreams of blowing bubbles… When we were younger, I am sure many of us would have enjoyed blowing those bubbles, seeing the bubbles being blown into the air, and running… Continue reading

  • The beauty and the…

    The beauty and the…

    Photograher Michael Doe ◦ Once upon a time…In a place not so far away…There was the beauty and the… There is a saying that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder…“ Photographs © Michael Doe Now that’s a Wrap…… Continue reading

  • Discovering the wonderful Eurobodalla National Park

    Discovering the wonderful Eurobodalla National Park

    Author Phil Warburton ◦ Urban development is usually not great for wildlife. However, surprisingly, there are some good-news stories that we can celebrate, and which give cause for optimism. During the last 100 years, there has been a marked increase… Continue reading