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  • obliging enough to pose…

    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

  • is it still really necessary to get pinned specimens in order to get published?

    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

  • Creatures so strange…

    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

  • The beauty and the…

    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

  • Discovering the wonderful Eurobodalla National Park

    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

  • Halobates Sea Skaters

    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

  • Rediscovering our long-lost Insects

    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

  • Elizabeth Bay

    Elizabeth Bay

    Author Koh Lin ◦ 1981 I met you for a brief moment when our path’s crossed… a pleasurable repose and when you passed you left behind for those who cared an image, a memory, a part of your time that… Continue reading

  • Welcoming the New Year…

    Welcoming the New Year…

    It has become a little tradition here at Ausemade when we look forward to the New Year and we talk about our Western Bowerbird that still has his bower in our backyard… after a little reminder popped up in our… Continue reading

  • Bubbling…

    Bubbling…

    Author Cassidy Taylor This is an interesting photo and video of what is a tiny native bee (Lasioglossum sp). It has what appears to be a water bubble on its mouth and it moves it’s tongue in and out of… Continue reading