Posted in Other creatures on Jan 31st, 2008
Our son rang this morning to tell me he’d caught an impressive spider, a Mygalomorph of some kind, and did I want it. Well yes, I did, and it duly arrived in a screw-top jar, tightly lidded. I had a large polystyrene box that I thought would make a good photographic studio, so I cut [...]
Posted in Other creatures on Jan 30th, 2008
Beautiful mild summer day yesterday, sunny and calm, just the shot for hunting dragons and damsels out on the billabong and along the river. The billabong was first port of call and things were in full swing, Blue Skimmers patrolling and still competing for territory, some paired, and while I stood looking, a female was [...]
A blog about the natural world of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Birds, insects, wildflowers, and anything else that poses for the camera.