Author Koh Lin ◦
Over the years, I encountered many insects. Some were rescued from dog water bowls and swiming pools, others from pedestrian walkways and roads. There were many insects that I encountered in my day-to-day activities… the insects were doing what insects do… following are some of my favourite encounters…
Ellipsidion humarale is a common bush cockroach in Central Australia. It was interesting to observe the bush cockroach checking out the pupal case of the Ribbed Case Moth (Hyalarcta nigrescens) in the Alice Springs Desert Park.
The following wasp, commonly known as a Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis), was trapped on the surface tension of the water in a swimming pool. We moved it to a rose bush nearby, where it posed, whilst drying off.
This dragonfly (Orthetrum caledonicum) was trapped by the water surface tension in a dog drinking bowl. The golden colour of the dragonfly drew my attention early enough to rescue and relocated the dragonfly to a hedge, where it rested before flying off.
This is one of my favourite native bees, the Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons). I have been lucky to observe it at home, where it was nesting in one of my unused garden irrigation pipe, that was sitting on top of the cupboard in the backyard.
The Red-headed Masked Bee (Hylaeus ruficeps) was nesting in the cracks of the wooden bench on my porch at our front door. It actually is a very small native bee (about 6 mm in length). It has a dark red-brown abdomen and head and black thorax. The thorax and head has yellow patches.
I just happen to glance at my Cut-leaf Banksia (Banksia praemorsa) and spotted this Australian Sheep Blowfly (Lucilia cuprina) feeding on the nectar and blowing a bubble. This was first time I have seen a blowfly do this and I was happy to catch the moment.
I have mentioned the Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes) dragonfly before. It is striking and eye-catching in appearance, and has provided me with some great photos and memories. It is also depicted in the header image of this page.
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