Category: Koh Lin
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labour of love… fauna
Author Koh Lin ◦ Continuing on with my labour of love… it has been a real pleasure exploring the fauna that live here in Australia. From our mammals, marsupials, birds, reptiles through to many insects and spiders. The world of… Continue reading
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labour of love… flora
Author Koh Lin ◦ Continuing on with my labour of love… we have presented a selection of images and information on flora throughout Australia, which is another real passion of ours. From natives flora, shrubs and trees, to plants that… Continue reading
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labour of love
Author Koh Lin ◦ I have often been asked why I do what I do with Ausemade… the answer is, I love it. It is something that I nuture, watch it grow and want to share. When I look at… Continue reading
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Our four legged family…
Author Greg Sully ◦ When Pup came into our lives, she was heaven sent… with a broken leg, the scar around her muzzle, and the sweetest face… we named her Pupperlicious… Pup was a wonderful dog and an integral part… Continue reading
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Going batty…
Author Koh Lin ◦ When we were shown this deceased bat in Alice Springs, which was identified as a Finlayson’s Cave Bat (Vespadelus finlaysoni)… it got us thinking… what “bats” do we have on our Ausemade website… one of the… Continue reading
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a little bee that looks like a little Crabronid wasp
Author Koh Lin ◦ It’s either a little bee that looks like a little Crabronid wasp, or a little Crabronid wasp that looks like a little bee… It looked almost deceased, when I fished it out of the swimming pool… Continue reading
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A male Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp
Author Koh Lin ◦ Some times I wonder… who is lucky… the insect that I have rescued from the swimming pool… or me, having the opportunity to capture some closeup photos. Here I was, doing my usual ground maintenance, when… Continue reading
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Wildlife… a taste of Alice
Author Koh Lin ◦ Who hasn’t heard about Alice Springs… it is a wild place… and home to more then just art and culture… it is home to many creatures big and small… Ok… we may not have the biggest… Continue reading
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A Hawk Moth in Alice…
Author Koh Lin ◦ I love seeing large moths… and in particular the beautiful Convolvulus Hawk Moth (scientific classification Agrius convolvuli). I stumbled across this specimen on one of my daily working rounds in Alice Springs… it was just lying… Continue reading
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How blue is black…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes the common name can provide all you need to know… but now and again, it may not say enough. Life is funny like that, as what you see at that moment, may not be the… Continue reading
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urbanum or urbanus…
Author Koh Lin ◦ The question is… “Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum” and “Homalictus urbanus”, the same bee, so which is the correct spelling “urbanum‘ or “urbanus” … ALA has “Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum“. Cath McInnesSame bee, different classification. See linkNow that Homalictus… Continue reading
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Skippy, Kangaroos and Wallabies
Author Koh Lin ◦ I have this memory as a teenager, when we first learnt that we were coming to Australia to live, of expecting to see a kangaroo hopping down the streets of Sydney… this was back in the… Continue reading