Posted in General nature. on Feb 25th, 2010
remarked my better half as we sat on the verandah looking at the flowering correa shrubs and listening to the hum of bees gathering nectar. The feral honey bees’ wings make a relatvely low pitched hum, and they move in leisurely fashion from flower to flower, whereas the native Blue-banded Bee’s hum is higher pitched [...]
Posted in General nature., Other creatures on Feb 23rd, 2010
Yes, back on crutches for a little while and will have to rely on things that come to me for posts, so that means moths and the like. A number of Dysbatus species came to the light on the last occasion, they were in a range of colours varying from dark to light, here are [...]
A blog about the natural world of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Birds, insects, wildflowers, and anything else that poses for the camera.