Category: Guest Author

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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

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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