Wildlife Visitors in January 2017

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Furry

Ringtail Possum

Koala

I was watching a Koala above my head when I was distracted by a rustling and turned to see this one walking past.

 

Feathered

Currawong

Grey Shrike-Thrush

Australian Magpie

Feral pigeon – a rare visitor

Rainbow Lorikeet

A Raven calling

Scarlet Rosella

Superb Fairy Wrens – female

Superb Fairy Wren – male

Tawny Frogmouth

Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo

Flighty

Australian Admiral Butterfly

European bee

Black fly

Cabbage White Butterfly

Common Brown Butterfly

Damselfly

Fly

Long fly

Tiny fly

Leafhopper

Lesser Wanderer Butterfly – female

Locust

Locust

Meadow Argus Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

Large Moth

Mud Dauber

Paper Wasps

Planthopper

You can see a video of the Mud Dauber building its nest here.

Scaly

Three-toed Skink

A Skink that has lost its tail

Skink

Marbled Gecko

Creepy, Crawly, Slimy or Scary

Ants at a precious water drop

Aphids

Citrus Swallowtail caterpillar in defensive mode

Inch Ant under attack from small ants

Little spider

Orb Weaver spider

Redback’s larder

Beetle

Winged Ants

Macro Moments: Week 28

This Macro isn’t quite so close up, I don’t have the nerve for it!

It’s a Mud Wasp or Potter Wasp building its nest.

WPC: Repurposed

My husband’s boot repurposed, original purpose was to protect his feet its new purpose is to protect a plant.

Another one from my garden, formerly our letter box now repurposed as a bug house.

Macro Moments: Week 27

This week my macro moment is a photo of a Monarch butterfly egg.

It was taken with my Canon 350D, Sigma macro lens with Raynox lens clipped on.

Unfortunately my home internet connection isn’t working and I forgot to bring the details with me to the public library. 😦

WPC: Ambience

As soon as I saw this week’s WPC theme I knew the spot I wanted to photograph. It’s a lovely, natural cathedral, a magical place to stand and muse especially on a hot day.

Macro Moments: Week 26

My macro this week is of some raindrops on a wild Iris flower. After a week of very hot days the rain was very refreshing for all of us.

Taken with my Lumix TZ60 on iA setting.

WPC: Names

What’s in a name? No further explanation needed about this shop.

Macro Moments Challenge: Week 25

The theme this week is, “bubbles“.

I love the colours which are reflected from CDs so that’s what I used as my base. The bubbles are just made with dish washing detergent and I used my Lumix TZ60 on iA setting.

 

Macro Moments Challenge: Week 24

I was too late to post this for the challenge but can’t miss a week!

The photo is of pollen grains on a Hibiscus flower.