Category: Guest Author
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Ask 10 entomologists for an identification…
Author Marianne Broug ◦ It started with a pleasant Sunday stroll in the Hills … I was about to sit down on a bench but saw a delightful little blue-winged wasp. I decided to photograph it before sitting down. I… Continue reading
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obliging enough to pose…
Author Deb Taylor ◦ This wasp was first sighted moving across gravel and mulch on the ground (as shown in last 3 photos) but after flying away alighted in a nearby Cotoneaster where it stayed for quite some time. kerrileeharris… Continue reading
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Perception…
Author Koh Lin ◦ I was reading the other day and the word “perception” jumped out of the page and got me thinking… wow… that is something that has improved in my life… When I looked up the word… Google… Continue reading
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Stop killing the bugs…
Author Marianne Broug ◦ Over the years, as I’ve been out wandering in the bush with my camera, a deepening has taken place. As I walk, it’s as though I’m walking myself ever deeper into the natural world, and as… Continue reading
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Who, me?…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Seeing quite a few of these big guys (and girls) on the mallee flowers at the moment, very friendly… 4th pic, “Who, me?…”, Yes you! In fact, a little too friendly in my opinion… 5th pic,… Continue reading
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Time to play…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Following on from our blog There’s more than size, when opposite attracts, another look at the escapades of the males and the female… when it is time to play for the Australian Goldern Orb Weaver Spiders… Continue reading
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No clue have I
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Yet another windy week, makes for lots of photo deleting as it is without accidentally and unknowingly changing the mode setting on your camera to 20 frames per shot (I’d reckon it was while being dragged… Continue reading
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is it still really necessary to get pinned specimens in order to get published?
Author Phil Warburton ◦ I found this interesting wasp at the Ulladulla Wildflower Reserve on the NSW south Coast. I believe it is a Calopompilus sp. and I think it is an undescribed species. We can quickly eliminate 10 of… Continue reading
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Facebook Cover Photos
Author Koh Lin ◦ In the beginning when internet speed was often referred to as the “world-wide-wait”… and prior to us setting up a Facebook account for AusEmade, we had a simple website header… When internet speed improved and we… Continue reading
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Look at me… and tell me I’m not a great pollinator…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Strolling through the parks and gardens, links us with the natural world around us. The enjoyment of a national park and a botanic garden provides us with the connection to mother nature. A closer look at… Continue reading
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labour of love… native wasps
Author Koh Lin ◦ Continuing on with my labour of love… we have open our eyes to the many wasps that are found here in Australia. Indeed, it is the mud wasps that first kindled our interests, especially seeing them… Continue reading
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Happy New Year… 2025
Author Koh Lin ◦ Welcome to 2025, the first flower from our Stapelia next to our fish pond. Then a stroll in our backyard, to our forever bower of the Western Bowerbird, still adorn with treasures that have been continually… Continue reading