Insects
Common Brown, Redbank, Victoria
Another butterfly today. This Common Brown Butterfly (Heteronympha merope) was photographed in December at Redbank, Victoria. Click on the image below to view on...
Australian Painted Lady, Gong Gong, Ballarat, Victoria
Lots of these Australian Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa kershawi) around at the Gong Gong Reservoir back in September 2021. Click on the image below...
Stick Insect, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
An uncommon visitor, a stick insect, species not known. Likely a female (no wings). Hanging on to one of our upstairs windows. About 16cm...
Damselfly, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
A lovely little damselfly, one of two I encountered while out weeding the front garden yesterday. This one is a Common Bluetail (Ischnura heterosticta)....
Blue Ringtail Damselfly, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria
A beautiful sunny Summer’s day today with the temperature in the mid twenties. I took the opportunity to take some photos around Lake Wendouree...
Erica with Visitor, Tasmania
An old photo, circa 2002, of a lovely pink Erica, somewhere in Tasmania. But look closely. Can you see the visitor?
Honey Bee, Allens Rivulet, Tasmania
Photo taken in March 2006. So long ago. I don’t remember what camera I used to take the photo (EXIF data is incomplete). Maybe...
Bees, Byaduk Caves, near Hamilton, Victoria
Standing at the edge of one of the Byaduk Caves, we could hear a strong buzzing sound. On closer inspection, we could see bees...
Red and Blue Damselfly, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
I’m quite fond of dragonflies and damselflies. This is a colourful damselfly, they are smaller than dragonflies. A Red and Blue Damselfly (Xanthagrion erythroneurum),...
Spitfires, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
Spitfires are the larvae of the sawfly, an insect related to wasps, bees and ants, and are most commonly seen moving in groups such...
Harlequin Bugs, Canadian, Victoria
These colourful critters were all over my tomato plants a few years back. Photo taken March 2015.
Damselfly, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
A blue Eastern Billabongfly (Austroagrion watsoni), a damselfly, resting on a floating eucalypt leaf on Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria. Photo taken December 2013.
Common Bluetail Damselfly, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
Around Lake Esmond, next door to where we live here in Ballarat, over the coming months, we will see lots of damselflies and dragonflies....
Swamp Darner Dragonfly, Margate, Tasmania
A very handsome Swamp Darner dragonfly (Austroaeschna parvistigma), photographed in Margate, January 2012. We had a small dam on our property and used to...