Category: Marc Newman
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Doing its thing at my bee hotel
Author Marc Newman â—¦ The gasteruption wasp… doing its thing at my bee hotel. Patrolling… Close up. Entering one bee nest to lay eggs. Entering another bee nest. She got a surprise with this one and exited quickly when this… Continue reading
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Megamouth
Author Marc Newman â—¦ Leioproctus muelleri (Megamouth) female about to enter nest. Ron and I went straight to the location as we were armed with lat/lon coordinates. Luckily we were able to drive right there after a spraying contractor unlocked… Continue reading
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Stop thief but too late…
Author Marc Newman â—¦ This is Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) perhumilis on a Eucalyptus leaf… Hylaeus perhumilis bubbling male… Hylaeus perhumilis (female) concentrating nectar, not doing harm to anybody… Hylaeus perhumilis (female)… a Fly arrives on the scene to steal the nectar.… Continue reading
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Clam shrimps
Author Marc Newman â—¦ Part 3 – Clam shrimps in the Gnammas When I first met Dr Carol Booth, who at the time was editor of Wildlife Australia Magazine, she lived on a property at Greenlands, which is about 10… Continue reading
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Life in the Gnammas…
Author Marc Newman â—¦ Part 2 – Life in the Gnammas I went to visit the gnammas in Girraween National Park after the recent rains and although I didn’t find a crustacean — I was hoping to find a clam… Continue reading
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Gnammas in the Granite Belt
Author Marc Newman â—¦ Part 1 – Gnammas in the Granite Belt, Queensland Gnammas are rock pools found mostly on relatively level outcrops of granite, but also on other types of rocks. It is an Aboriginal name from Western Australia… Continue reading
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Here she is finishing off her 7th apartment
Author Marc Newman â—¦ I love this bee, it doesn’t mind me up close while she’s busy. Here she is finishing off her 7th apartment and still looks as fresh as a daisy. Interesting to contemplate how many Black Resin… Continue reading
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Trouble at the nest…
Author Marc Newman â—¦ Megachile deanii. I’m assuming male and female, but the “male” was having trouble getting back into the nest. She wasn’t having a bar of him. An eventual truce was reached and he made it inside… 😀… Continue reading
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They like each other…
Author Marc Newman â—¦ Our Superb Fairy-Wren having a rest from keeping our lawn in order… They like each other. Some say… isn’t love grand !! What little darlings… lucky to have this happy family living at our place! Very… Continue reading
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Sometimes you can get lucky…
Author Marc Newman â—¦ Back in 2011, we (Bernhard Jacobi, Linda Rogan, Paul Zborowski, and self) were on a GoBeeWA trip looking for bees to photograph. We weren’t fussy what we found because WA bees are pretty special but we… Continue reading
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It’s pollen robbery…
Author Marc Newman â—¦ There appears to be some nefarious happening in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields area of Western Australia… not quite highway robbery… These little Australians are biting open the closed individual flowers of grevillea’s to access the pollen,… Continue reading
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Will you still love me, when I lose my looks…
Author Marc Newman â—¦ Togetherness…kissy… The male is losing his colours, but I think she still loves him :-))) Ahhh. Feels good… Our blue boy back in full plumage… Superb… Footnote & References Check out more blogs and contribution by… Continue reading