Category: Guest Author
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“The indestructible insect”
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Velvet ants, one of my all time favourite little critters. In the family Mutillidae they are related to the Thynnid wasps and are a wingless wasp (females only) but oh so much more capable. The females… Continue reading
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Glad we bagged one before they were all gone…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ This little cutie is Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) “mysterium puella”, one of my first “unknown” species and the girl that not only drew me into the world of the smaller and lesser known native bees, but also taught… Continue reading
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it has two tear drop markings on it’s back…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ So it turns out my new Bembix is likely an entirely new undiscovered species… Cool, but they were crap photos focus wise (my camera isn’t great with moving targets), so I went back out today to… Continue reading
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say hello to Bembix lupiae
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Here’s a new one for me, pardon the crap pics but they were all I could get… He/she (dunno but for the sake of the story I’ll say “she”) was flighty as… I’m out in the… Continue reading
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!
Author Annette Fraser-Dunn ◦ OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG! My new bee hotel has a TENANT! I am a tad excited. My neighbour over the back fence called out because she thought I was having a seizure. I yelled back,… Continue reading
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Photogenic posers…
Author Terry Dunham ◦ One of the many reasons I love finding the Leafless Orchids (Praecoxanthus aphyllus) is the photogenic nature of them… and finding interesting and amusing poses… Here we have a Double Leafless flower stem, and a couple… Continue reading
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Blowing bubbles…
Author Koh Lin ◦ I woke up this morning from dreams of blowing bubbles… When we were younger, I am sure many of us would have enjoyed blowing those bubbles, seeing the bubbles being blown into the air, and running… Continue reading
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The beauty and the…
Photograher Michael Doe ◦ Once upon a time…In a place not so far away…There was the beauty and the… There is a saying that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder…“ Photographs © Michael Doe Now that’s a Wrap…… Continue reading
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Discovering the wonderful Eurobodalla National Park
Author Phil Warburton ◦ Urban development is usually not great for wildlife. However, surprisingly, there are some good-news stories that we can celebrate, and which give cause for optimism. During the last 100 years, there has been a marked increase… Continue reading
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The Red Centre / Central Australia
Author Emily Simpsons ◦ With its many names… The Heart of Australia, The Red Centre, The Arid Centre, The Dead Centre… this region is like a faceted precious gemstone, a place also known as Central Australia, that reflects aspects of… Continue reading
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Now that’s a Wrap…
Photograher Michael Doe ◦ It is amazing what you observe… When it is in black and white… Dolphones species Wrap-around Spiders Photographs © Michael Doe Now that’s a Wrap… | The beauty and the… | Creatures so strange… Continue reading
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Halobates Sea Skaters
Author Phil Warburton ◦ We recently came across a group of unusual insects called sea skaters. We observed a mating aggregation of several dozens of these interesting and elusive members of the order of Hemiptera (the “true bugs”), in the… Continue reading