Category: South Australia
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The existence of Fair Folk in our bush…
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ ~ Are there Fairies / Faeries in Australia? Your questions answered. 😂 ~ “We’ve all heard tales of Bunyips and Drop Bears, large mythical creatures that instill fear in locals and alarm tourists. But there are… Continue reading
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Blogging Shield Bugs and Stink Bugs
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ Just some of my observations of Shield / Stink Bugs (Acanthosomatidae and Pentatomidae) into a collage … having the comparison really highlights their beauty and diversity. 1.Scientific classificationKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaSubphylum: HexapodaClass: InsectaInformal: PterygotesOrder: HemipteraSuborder: HeteropteraInfraorder: PentatomomorphaSuperfamily:… Continue reading
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Ask 10 entomologists for an identification…
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ 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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Intertwined…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ No matter how you view it… events in your life cross and overlap… if it wasn’t for this, that would not have happened… do we call it fate… or was it meant to be… The beginning…… Continue reading
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Such beauty… such perfection
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ I was so moved this morning, with tears forming… I was looking intently at a Dragonfly and didn’t see this beautiful Shingleback, Tiliqua rugosa only a few feet from where I stood. It’s yellow markings with… Continue reading
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struck by lightning
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ A willow tree that was struck by lightning last year.Most of the top was split off.I feel the tree still carries the angularity and shock of that … like it’s still ‘screaming’. Wonderful thick fog this… Continue reading
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Leafhoppers of Belair…
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ I present my collage of a number of the Typical Leafhoppers, Family Cicadellidae that I have seen in Belair National Park. They are all very small. I’ve only included the ones of a similar shape …… Continue reading
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When we’ve finished …
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ I sometimes wonder … when we’ve finished wrecking the planet … when we’ve finished trampling all the beautiful creatures that only wish to live … when we’ve finished … I sometimes wonder … what will survive?… Continue reading
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THE EYES OF FLIES!
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ I frequently make up various collages etc. with the aim of education or for simply getting folks excited / interested / enthused about insects and our natural world. This is a collage of some amazing fly… Continue reading
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Landscape of a Leaf
Author Marianne Broug â—¦ Yesterday I saw this gum leaf backlit by the sun and contrasted against the dark trunk of a Eucalyptus obliqua (Messmate stringybark). I thought it was simply magic. Such wonderful shapes. So often people think leaves… Continue reading
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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
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Auburn Awaits
Author DaQua â—¦ Part 7 â—¦ With less than two hours to go to my destination of Auburn, my mind drifted back and forth. In the past three days, I had left behind the storm of Alice, with desert rains… Continue reading