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  • Look at me… the Caper White

    Look at me… the Caper White

    Author Koh Lin â—¦  Among the many butterflies that catch my attention, is the Caper White Butterfly, Belenois java (found in Australia, Indonesia, and Melanesia) and the sub-species Belenois java teutonia (found in Australia). Often seen solo or in groups, they can be sighted… Continue reading

  • The lack of…

    The lack of…

    Author Koh Lin â—¦  This is a male bee. The arched basal vein suggests it belongs to the family Halictidae and genus Lasioglossum. The lack of an apical yellow stripe on the clypeus suggests it belongs to the subgenus Homalictus. The lack… Continue reading

  • The Greenest Motorbike Frogs

    The Greenest Motorbike Frogs

    Author Len van der Waag â—¦ January 2022One of the greenest Motorbike Frogs (Ranoidea moorei) that I have found in our garden for some time. This one lives in between the folds of the cloth on my shade house, obviously… Continue reading

  • Figure Eight Moth

    Figure Eight Moth

    Author Koh Lin â—¦  Among the many moths that catch my attention, is the Figure Eight Moth, also known as the Owlet Moth (Ophiusa parcemacula). Sometimes rescued (out of the swimming pool) or found in the cool of the morning, resting on… Continue reading

  • Lomera pantosemna Moth

    Lomera pantosemna Moth

    Author Len van der Waag â—¦ This 15 mm long male Lomera pantosemna moth in the Psychidae family of case moths spent two days and a night on one of our flyscreen windows before flying off on the second evening. Our… Continue reading

  • Blue Meanie

    Blue Meanie

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ 1987 I was drinking one night from my place at the bar When I looked in my drink and saw staring up An ugly pair of hideous red eyes That glared in reply to my inquisitive stare And it’s… Continue reading

  • No Epitaph

    No Epitaph

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ 1988 Augur. it was like any other day. your tears. momentarily shocked. glisten with inadequate words. as you hopped from one foot to the other. emotional tremour. ashened in your face. and a sound like some creature in a… Continue reading

  • O Alice Springs

    O Alice Springs

    Author Evelyne Roullet â—¦ 2003 O Alice Springs australienne ensorceleuse Celui qui te voit, qu’ll arrive des cieux Ou bien par la route des aïeux Ne peut plus oublier ce site mystérieux. C’est un trou…où les concentrations humaines Échappent à la logique… Continue reading

  • Get the point… Echidna

    Get the point… Echidna

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ Do you get the point… we love the Echidna. Our first time seeing a wild Echidna was back in September 2001 when we were on holidays in Coonabarabran in New South Wales. There it was, just… Continue reading

  • Another Time, Another Life

    Another Time, Another Life

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ 2018 time locked in capsules… vignettes seething with emotions to be read with your eyes closed …a small boy cries caught at the edge of reality teeters and falls and is snared by the thing hiding in his eyes… Continue reading

  • Stranger

    Stranger

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ 1989 My heart thumps in staccato as i stir the doona that keeps me warm it clings to me and bears me down to places that are never found taking me far, where no thoughts are An electric jolt… Continue reading

  • chrysalis and cocoon

    chrysalis and cocoon

    Author Koh Lin â—¦ The chrysalis and cocoon describe a protective covering for certain types of insects during metamorphosis. Chrysalises are created by butterflies, whilst moths create cocoons. One of the things that butterflies and moths have in common is… Continue reading