https://karenretra.com/home daily 0.75 2022-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1499244543020-ZOQ0JPCK51YDMV71LJOB/bbb_banner.jpg News https://karenretra.com/home/the-vegetable-caterpillar-an-intriguing-fungus monthly 0.5 2020-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1590754863143-BOR49U8077G59NESCSFK/Gunnii_collage.jpg News - The vegetable caterpillar – an intriguing fungus Photo: various examples of the club fungi we saw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1590750962581-OL1087M0G980B2NLO7V4/cordyceps+display+AP.jpg News - The vegetable caterpillar – an intriguing fungus Photo: Cordyceps display at a workshop presented by Alison Pouliot. The wriggly line represents the ground, with the ‘club’ visible above ground and the fungal stem and parasitised caterpillar extending below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1590754824144-SHQKOUZ7EPF0IHU2U533/fungigroup.jpg News - The vegetable caterpillar – an intriguing fungus Photo: Wooragee Landcare workshop with Alison Pouliot (in green) – fungi and photography, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1590742120837-MYAXEMECMA37TO14GLUB/pink+moth.jpg News - The vegetable caterpillar – an intriguing fungus Photo: Oxycanus moth https://karenretra.com/home/fungi-and-other-forest-finds monthly 0.5 2020-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1590754975037-5ZJXKVP8ZAUVRSAZVLX5/Wooragee-fungi-B.jpg News - Fungi and other forest finds Photo: more of our fungi finds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1590754939131-2208H6XC392O049ST5GC/Wooragee-fungi-A.jpg News - Fungi and other forest finds Photo: fungi and focus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1590755004036-V6VW7K0JDPL9YYS6OF23/flowers.jpg News - Fungi and other forest finds Photo: orchids, wildflowers and shoots following fire https://karenretra.com/home/my-first-peacock-spider-sighting monthly 0.5 2019-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1571187031300-YYP4TDTN4HG924O08PEO/Maratus4.jpg News - My first peacock spider sighting! A few more angles … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1571187138333-KNK5V5PUHO8NN31R3M4G/other_jumper.jpg News - My first peacock spider sighting! I wondered if this could be a female Maratus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1571185363285-CLIACHW6ZIWCIA3A9MMK/IMG_9274.jpg News - My first peacock spider sighting! Maratus plumosus - Plumed Peacock Spider https://karenretra.com/home/delights-galore monthly 0.5 2018-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527415716792-13ZIC9WCF8EI8HQXUIWC/image-asset.jpeg News - Delights galore Photo: One of several stunning flowering gums we came across ... identification is harder when not limited to local species! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527416264452-5T9D6JMLCG2V9PBFXCZP/Galore-17.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: Janet Wild shared insights into the lives of several local lizards, including this shingleback. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527414810757-JBCP7D3S6JZ1SBYTWESS/Galore-5.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: Students worked with Indigenous artist David Dunn on botanical art and learning about Indigenous culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527410334273-990NF9WSGLBKFKUVLDEA/Galore-25.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: The view from 'ground level' next to the tower. [Kathie Le Busque took a photo of me taking this photo - see it on the Petaurus Facebook page]. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527417929341-BB64AWCYB1H3F56X4G8T/Galore-29.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: 'Hanging out' for a bit more sun exposure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527416531804-VYNJQZ4HMB5RXTP1X134/Galore-21.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: Students compared the feel, as well as the life histories, of the shingleback, this bearded dragon and a baby blue tongue lizard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527465063302-JFX52L1J2OEXR56418C5/Galore-15.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: We spotted many of the tell-tale signs of recent moth emergence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527417188358-SC2P8S9WU7P0VM7Z6OMW/Galore-13.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: Sun-baking sleepy lace monitor, high in a tree, watching us below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527410207884-GGI7JTG54WZK467GBY82/Galore-1.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: Students looking out from the lookout tower! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527415572824-T97YG3W4ZJ7MUXAVQ8VL/Galore-8.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: The outdoor classroom - investigating nature's treasures and the many habitats the landscape provides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527456925423-8I664T0V3B5H3RSTVNVW/Galore-16.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: Lace monitors are also known as tree goannas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527415806939-SOA8J30P3KE34NPG0AXF/Galore-2.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: These unusual buds were most helpful for identification (from the same plant as previous flowers). I think this is Coral Gum, Eucalyptus torquata, from Western Australia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527416024393-FZ3OZB4WDJC9SBUQAN0Z/Galore-4.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: More interesting flowers ... and you'll have to take my word on the flower wasps, native bees and beetles, as I didn't get any great shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527417489696-AY7AIGXX0YLA2CP3E5PI/Galore-14-arrow.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: To give a sense of how high the monitor was, here's a wider shot of the whole tree. Monitor and hollow shown with arrow. Students and minibus below. John Holstein was the eagle-eye who first spotted our friend. See one of his fab photos here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1527418034590-PFWES6FKFNORNWSWGE51/Galore-28.jpg News - Delights galore Photo: Still time for some more snoozing https://karenretra.com/home/resin-bees-roost monthly 0.5 2018-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1523153196822-2VQFS6TJXE5HHZ9XR4R4/letterboxferox-10.jpg News - Resin bees come home to roost Photo: Roosting Megachile ferox males ... gripping the stem by their mouth parts all night! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1523149249462-ZE70A0Y5S7QIYDAZZM49/letterboxferox-8.jpg News - Resin bees come home to roost Photo: The bees are each only about 10 mm long, so it's not hard to miss them! Plus they only congregate late in the day, and disappear again most mornings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1523145539054-IJDEOW0WTC8FQ5DA8IQO/FeroxSummary.png News - Resin bees come home to roost # Note that as 2013 was the first time I saw them, it’s likely they were present before my first sighting that season. https://karenretra.com/home/rhipicera monthly 0.5 2018-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1522234217550-OZGP8DP2A5CH40E5GBC5/Rhipicera_m.jpg News - Beetle mania Photo: Wow! Those are pretty fancy looking eyelashes, I mean antennae, you have there, Mr Beetle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1522235349548-2TT5HKETA1TBV4346ZMZ/Pre-flight.jpg News - Beetle mania Photo: Take off reveals both the hindwings and abdomen that are usually hidden below the polka-dotted elytra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1522235547723-I6XKB22ZJE59J40UF5KD/Rhipicera_m_back.jpg News - Beetle mania Photo: Maybe it's Maybelline!? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1522235972550-S4DNI81GAEE0IQGUSOIX/camera_beetle.jpg News - Beetle mania Photo: While I was watching them, beetles were often close to me or even on me. 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Taking a closer look at the blue-banded bee https://karenretra.com/home/wild-pollinator-count-on-again-15-22-november.html monthly 0.5 2017-10-14 https://karenretra.com/home/new-generation-emerges-at-bee-hotel.html monthly 0.5 2020-02-02 https://karenretra.com/home/native-bees-are-back-four-species-sighted-in-august.html monthly 0.5 2017-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58bdf67d59cc6866d22123ec/1495941452130-B3QSGJ5SPOAKEDDXZDDW/image-asset.jpeg News - Native bees are back - four species sighted in August! 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