Category: Flora

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  Welcoming the New Year…

  It has become a little tradition here at Ausemade when we look forward to the New Year and we talk about our Western Bowerbird that still has his bower in our backyard… after a little reminder popped up in our… Continue reading

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  Everyone loves a platypus…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Everyone loves a platypus… Megachile canifrons (is nesting in my BeeTown only a few metres away), Meroglossa rubricata 3rd pic (also nesting in my BeeTown), Lasioglossum (Chililictus) 4th pic female, 5th pic male (they’re ground nesters… Continue reading

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  Loving the River Red Gum

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Found growing across Australia is the River Red Gum. Although I have always noticed them, I really did not pay too much attention, as living in Central Australia, they were all around me. Since I have… Continue reading

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  The $250 dollar bee…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Had to laugh at a Facebook post earlier about spending a fortune on native plants for native bees and only seeing ’em on a $2 daisy… 😆 I remember posting a pic of a lonely little… Continue reading

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  The Coastal Moort

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ You notice over time that certain types of flowers will attract certain types of bees, yet others aren’t remotely interested… But everyone loves a platypus. Eucalyptus platypus, also known as the Coastal Moort, has to bee… Continue reading

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  Illyarrie

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ It’s hard to pick a favourite when it comes to gum trees but for me the Illyarrie, or red capped gum (E. erythrocorys) is high up on the list. And not just for it’s stunning visual… Continue reading