Category: Alice Springs

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  A male Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Some times I wonder… who is lucky… the insect that I have rescued from the swimming pool… or me, having the opportunity to capture some closeup photos. Here I was, doing my usual ground maintenance, when… Continue reading

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  Dingo encounters…

  Author Andrew Turner ◦ Since living in Central Australia, we have crossed paths with dingoes many times… and grown very fond of the Canis dingo (formerly Canis lupus dingo). We learnt about dingoes when we saw the “dog fence” at… Continue reading

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  Wildlife… a taste of Alice

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Who hasn’t heard about Alice Springs… it is a wild place… and home to more then just art and culture… it is home to many creatures big and small… Ok… we may not have the biggest… Continue reading

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  A Hawk Moth in Alice…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ I love seeing large moths… and in particular the beautiful Convolvulus Hawk Moth (scientific classification Agrius convolvuli). I stumbled across this specimen on one of my daily working rounds in Alice Springs… it was just lying… Continue reading

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  How blue is black…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes the common name can provide all you need to know… but now and again, it may not say enough. Life is funny like that, as what you see at that moment, may not be the… Continue reading

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  urbanum or urbanus…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ The question is… “Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum” and “Homalictus urbanus”, the same bee, so which is the correct spelling “urbanum‘ or “urbanus” … ALA has “Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum“. Cath McInnesSame bee, different classification. See linkNow that Homalictus… Continue reading

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  What a Wonderful World…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ One of my favourite songs growing up is What a Wonderful World, as sung by Louis Armstrong… the words resonating in my working day and through my life… I see trees of green, red roses too…… Continue reading

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  My heart at the tail end

  Author Koh Lin ◦ It started like any other day at work.. although I was feeling a little low. I actually felt heavy in the heart, possibly all that bad news on the television and the internet and thinking of… Continue reading

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  the cool embrace…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ In the cool embrace… a sleep that slowly ebbs…but not today… Retrieved from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, this Lasioglossum dotatum native bee, initially looked deceased. But life returned and it soon revived, shook off… Continue reading

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  Sleeping beauty…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ for some… sleeping beauty is forever… whilst others may revive… a life rescued… Check out other blogs by Koh Lin. 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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  More treasures to be had…

  Author Koh Lin ◦ Looking beyond the bower…  Our Western Bowerbird has been around for many years now… from our very first blog Treasures of our Western Bowerbird (July 2020), we wrote about the bower being there in our garden… Continue reading