Category: Guest Author

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  struck by lightning

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ A willow tree that was struck by lightning last year.Most of the top was split off.I feel the tree still carries the angularity and shock of that … like it’s still ‘screaming’. Wonderful thick fog this… Continue reading

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  Birding at sunrise…

  Author Dorothy L. ◦ You have to get up early if you want to make it to your birding spot for sunrise… but the rewards are something special… Photographs © Dorothy Latimer Check out more blogs and contribution by Dorothy… Continue reading

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  Lehmannianus and Lemannianus

  Author Terry Dunham ◦ Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) and Banksia lemanniana (Yellow Lantern Banksia). Note the two different species spelling, that sometimes get confused when naming them >> H. Lehmanniana is named in honour of German botanist Johann Georg Christian… Continue reading

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  my mystery Hylaeine…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Still on my mystery Hylaeine… One suggestion was it looked like Hylaeus (Hylaeteron) douglasi. So for comparison, in the 1st pic is the female douglasi, the following 2nd pic is the male. The 3rd pic is… Continue reading

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  More of the Banksia bees…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ More of the Banksia bees… Some of the smaller but I reckon still absolutely gorgeous little ones… Again all Hylaeinae, most likely Hylaeus and possibly all Prosopisteron species but apart from the 3rd and 4th pics,… Continue reading

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  Lord of the Bees…

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Banksia bees, part 1 (there’s just too much going on for one post)… Ok, so last week I mentioned just starting to see the usual “Autumn” bees, albeit a month and a half later than usual,… Continue reading

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  When we’ve finished …

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ I sometimes wonder … when we’ve finished wrecking the planet … when we’ve finished trampling all the beautiful creatures that only wish to live … when we’ve finished … I sometimes wonder … what will survive?… Continue reading

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  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

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  Landscape of a Leaf

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ Yesterday I saw this gum leaf backlit by the sun and contrasted against the dark trunk of a Eucalyptus obliqua (Messmate stringybark). I thought it was simply magic. Such wonderful shapes. So often people think leaves… Continue reading