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Blog

Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica on Eucalyptus platypus © Gary Taylor

The Coastal Moort

15 April 2022 Ausemade

Author Gary Taylor ◦ You notice over time that certain types of flowers will attract certain types of bees, yet others aren’t remotely interested… But everyone loves a platypus. Eucalyptus platypus, also known as the Coastal Moort, has to bee…

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Posted in: Australia, Bees, Blog, Fauna, Flora, Gary Taylor, Guest Author, Insects, Western Australia
Death of the Leioproctus plumosus © Gary Taylor

alone in her last few moments to ponder such a short existence

11 April 2022 Ausemade

Author Gary Taylor ◦ My posts are usually happy but this one’s a bit of a sad one… I was standing near my BeeTown, but just back a bit ‘cos I’d noticed several different male Megachiles using a nearby post…

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Posted in: Bees, Blog, Fauna, Gary Taylor, Guest Author, Insects, Western Australia
Nearing the end of life for this Caper White Butterfly (Belenois java teutonia), Alice Springs, NT

A hard life…

10 April 2022 Ausemade

Author Koh Lin ◦ Life can be hard… from birth through to death. For many, there are choices in life, unless of course you born as a Belenois java teutonia, aka the Caper White Butterfly, then your life is pre-determined.…

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Posted in: Blog, Central Australia, Fauna, Guest Author, Insects, Journey, Koh Lin, Northern Territory
Megachile erythropyga © Gary Taylor

The Art of a “Resin Bee”

3 April 2022 Ausemade

Author Gary Taylor ◦ The making of the resin bee’s nesting cap So, The Art of a “resin bee” making her nursery chamber cap… I’ve used a couple of different species to put this together. The first two pics are…

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Posted in: Art, Australia, Bees, Blog, Fauna, Gary Taylor, Guest Author, Insects, Western Australia
Waroona Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus waroonensis) in flight © Gary Taylor

Beauty is in the eye of the bee holder

1 April 2022 Ausemade

Author Gary Taylor ◦ Another common sight on the Morning Glory vine that has taken over at my place (hey, it’s green, it flowers profusely, the bees love it…) is Thyreus waroonensis, or (rather unimaginatively) the Waroona Cuckoo bee. For…

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Posted in: Bees, Fauna, Gary Taylor, Guest Author, Insects, Western Australia
Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, Central Australia, NT

Flight of the Black Swan

28 March 2022 Ausemade

Author Dorothy L. ◦ This morning at 06.00 hrs, I literally dragged myself from my comfy bed as I had an appointment to meet people at the sewage ponds!!! I’d had a huge week, busy, busy. But enough of that.…

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Posted in: Birds, Blog, Central Australia, DorothyL, Fauna, Guest Author
Australian Golden Orb Weaver Spider (Trichonephila edulis)

A tangled web…

17 March 2022 Ausemade

Author Koh Lin ◦ Life can get complicated… sometimes, things do not go right… the smooth sailing has hit some turbulence… and there appears to be no way out. So it is, your life may become a tangled web… or…

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Posted in: Australia, Blog, Central Australia, Fauna, Guest Author, Koh Lin, Spiders
Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis © Gary Taylor

The more you know…

15 March 2022 Ausemade

Author Gary Taylor ◦ what I do know, is that the more you know, the more you know… you really need to know more… These pics are in reverse order… First pic, “How’s this, is that better? Have you got…

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Posted in: Bees, Blog, Fauna, Gary Taylor, Guest Author, Insects, Western Australia
Redbank Waterhole, Owen Springs Reserve © Dorothy Latimer

A day in the life of Redbank Waterhole

13 March 2022 Ausemade

Author Dorothy L. ◦ WOW so much water in the gorge, the banks are wonderfully green, the sky is cloud free and a vibrant azure blue. Then I heard this loud squark, squark, squark, and there atop a dead tree…

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Posted in: Birds, Blog, Central Australia, Central Australia, DorothyL, Guest Author, Insects, Northern Territory, Wasps
Juvenile White-plumed Honeyeater (Ptilotula penicillata), Alice Springs, NT

Those White-plumed Unexpected Moments…

9 March 2022 Ausemade

Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes in your everyday life, Mother Nature throws an unexpected moment your way… There I was, working busily in the garden at my work place in Alice Springs… I was looking in the cabinet drawer for…

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Posted in: Birds, Blog, Central Australia, Fauna, Guest Author, Koh Lin

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