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  Different enough superficially to make you think…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes a photograph can be definitive… especially when Google say this is Nyssus coloripes (Spotted Ground Swift Spider)… but the photo only shows white spots… And then you see the same but different spider (on the… Continue reading

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  the males didn’t seem to care…

  Author Mark Hanlon ◦ This is Julodimorpha saundersii from Kalbarri in W.A. today. I found them quite commonly flying over the heath and the females walking across the road (females cannot fly). Unfortunately many were hit by cars however the… Continue reading

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  Predator and Prey…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ There is something tasty to be had… in a visual feast… Many thanks to our contributors… Check out not quite the surf… Lifeguard and other blogs by Koh Lin. Footnote & References Continue reading

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  Creatures so strange…

  Photograher Michael Doe ◦ Creatures so strange…that maybe they only exist in fantasy and science fiction… Yet stare long enough…you are ensnared by their hypnotic beauty… Believe in the reality… Photographs © Michael Doe Now that’s a Wrap… | The… Continue reading

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  The wing venation thing again and why I suspect it’s Lasioglossum

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ Still some more from our last cloudy, rainy day out… The one in the first 4 pics I reckon is a male Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes). Male ‘cos even without counting the antennae segments (including the scape and… Continue reading

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  Size and shape of the stigma and curve of the basal vein

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ From last week’s bush run… Not sure on this one, but the size and shape of the stigma and curve of the basal vein has me thinking Halictid, so I reckon it’s highly likely there’s a… Continue reading

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  But it’s good to see them again

  Author Gary Taylor ◦ These gorgeous little unknown (by me, that is😄) Leioproctus are late this year, they’re usually one of the first native bees to emerge in the second week of July. But then, their favourite flowers, the Hakea… Continue reading

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  Cheering on our Golden Wattle…

  Author Marianne Broug ◦ Marianne Broug © mariannebrougphotography.com Check out more blogs and contribution by Marianne Broug Continue reading

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  Wish I could fly…

  Author Dorothy L. ◦ Wish I could fly… Like high in the sky… Photographs © Dorothy Latimer Check out more blogs and contribution by Dorothy Latimer. Continue reading

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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