Compendium
Fruit fly mating on the pawpaw tree leaf stem.
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There is no privacy in the macro world, always someone peeping it seems.
Some kind of cockroach I think. Sleek, designed for getting under and between.
And functionally handsome … in a way, the way of seeing, and not thinking.
Blue Tongue Lizard nibbling on breakfast banana throwaways in the garden. Moving house I moved its house and now it’s homeless, at least moved on. For now, it’s all now, not then …
Hmmm, can’t remember. Some kind of bug drinking from the juice of a hibiscus flower bud.
Butterfly at rest. These ones come from the caterpillars that love the native crocus.
At rest again … Needs rest.
Time for a little rest, or little time for rest. Which is it …
Neither, it is what it is. I am what I am.
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Wonderful images. I love it! And yes, it is, as it is. Thank you! Almuth
Thanks Almuth.
Thank you Mark for this great selection.
In the first picture, the female appears to have a white-colored disease. I think I saw something like that at “Pflanzwas”.
The concept of hairs in the beetles and otherwise is amazing. I wonder why they don’t get matted.
The very flat insect is really terrific. I especially like the transparent shield in front of its head.
With the bug, the body seems to be reflected in the eye, wonderful.
Thanks Gerhard. In the first picture, you sure that’s not pregnancy? :-)
I cant be sure. Im not a biologist :-)
Great photos and words Mark! The cockroach is a native one, here’s a page from Brisbane Insects- http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_cockroaches/index.html#:~:text=The%20largest%20Cockroach%20found%20in,brown%20or%20black%20in%20colour.
And the last photo is of a male Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio aegeus, here on Brisbane Insects – http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_butters/Orch_butt.htm
Beautiful!
Thanks Dee. Lots of these butterflies in the garden lately.