September 2016 – snaphappi

Vivacious

My next submission for the Emotography Showcase is V for vivacious.

vibrant

I had no idea the little critter I could see on my camera screen was actually a wasp. You can judge its size from the aphids nearby. I suspect it is an Ichneumon Wasp, they lay eggs inside the aphids.

Aphids and a wasp

Captured on my Panasonic Lumix, DMC-TZ60, macro setting.

Wildlife Visitors in September 2016

Although it was cold, wet and miserable these animals visited our place during September, you can visit other bloggers who contribute to Wildlife Wednesdays here.

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Adelaide Rosella

Aphids and a wasp

Australian Admiral

Black and white moth

Australian Painted Lady

Little Bitterbush Blue Butterfly

Mating Cabbage White Butterflies

Caterpillar – Cabbage White

Caterpillar

Caterpillar pretending to be a twig

Common Froglet

Crested Pigeon

Dragonfly

Eastern Spinebill in a Grevillea

Eastern Spinebill in a Eromophila

Female Tawny Frogmouth

Male Tawny Frogmouth

Galah -angry at an intruder in the nest hole he created

Hoverfly

Kookaburra

Kookaburras checking out a nest box

Ladybug

Leopard Slug

Parent and baby Magpie

Slug

Baby Magpie – the abandoned one

Pill Bug

Possum – intruder in the Magpies’ nest

Rat

Small Marbled Scorpion

Tiny scorpion

Shield Bug

Skink

Slaters

Common snail

Tiny striped spider

Tiny white spider

Spider inside small gumnut protecting its egg sac.

Three -toed Skink

Unhappy

Continuing on through the alphabet for the Emotography Showcase, I think unhappiness is felt by the subject and the viewer in this one.

unhappy

Quest

quest

I was forced into a quest this morning, it was suddenly very important to have a Guardsman’s jacket. With my sewing machine in for repair I certainly wasn’t going to start from scratch. Thank goodness for the local Salvation Army shop, our quest for a long sleeved, red shirt was successful. The quest for gold buttons was simple, I just needed to go to my button jar.

Temperamental

My submission for the Emotography Showcase this week, a temperamental Sleepy Lizard.

temperamental

Edge

For this week’s Photo Challenge I haven’t stuck exactly with the brief but the image does convey edges to me.

edge

Have you ever been patiently waiting for your photo op to appear then become aware of a sound that makes you realize you’re looking in completely the wrong direction?

Stylish

Feeling so stylish this week, just for the Emotography Showcase.

stylish

Mirror

This is the best I could come up with from today but …….

reflection1

this one from my archives is a better fit for the prompt, “Mirror“.

mirror

Wildlife Visitors in August 2016

I liked this challenge Wildlife Wednesdays and thought I’d participate but decided I preferred to keep the photos in the post for the month they were taken. I’ll be able to check back and see if the timing of the sightings is the same next year.

Not all wildlife at our place cooperates with me, we have aggressive Red Wattlebirds everywhere but let them see a camera and they’re off. Rainbow Lorikeets on the other hand and all too keen to show off their colours. There are lots of little birds that flit about like butterflies in the tops of the Gum Trees, no way can I get a shot of those.

I hope I’ll get better photos of some creatures but for this month these are the ones I have to go with.

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