Category: Phil Warburton
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A casual stroll through…
Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin ◦ Ausemade is a treasure trove of things to search through and to read, with many visitors to our website having arrived here as the result of an internet search. Expanding beyond the initial… 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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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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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
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Rediscovering our long-lost Insects
Author Phil Warburton ◦ As amateur naturalists, we are fortunate to live in the Eurobodalla, because the South Coast is home not only to a wide variety of plant, bird, mammal, reptile, and other species, but also to several rarely… Continue reading