Some videos I'm in ...
Yes, gulp! Click through to view these on the ABC Goulburn Murray website and facebook page.
And some posts featuring videos I've made ...
Check out the stunning visitors we've been hosting. These beetles, with elaborate antennae, are from the genus Rhipicera. Their common names include feather-horned or fan-horned beetles. Bet you can see why!
In this video a native bee breaks its way out of the cell its mother created and sealed a year ago. It uses its mouth parts to remove the resin seal, eventually enabling it to fly off.
Spring - it's all happening: first blue banded bees of the season, plus roosting Megachile bees, blue tongue lizards in the garden and the impressive work of fruit trees from bloom to setting fruit.
I've helped to create a short film for the 'My Crazy Passion' project with ABC Open! It's about an inspirational local couple, Faye and Charlie Robinson, and their home food growing adventures.
A close up look at how this native bee uses leaf material to create a seal that completes her series of brood cells in the hole of a bee hotel.
Watch a female Megachile ferox (native bee) working to create her nest in one of our bee hotels. And update on the roosting male M. ferox seen nearby at night.
I discovered some native bees roosting on Dianella stems. Their antics as they select their spots for the night are great fun to watch - here's a little video.
Slopes to Summit's Bioflix competition film screenings and winners ... plus a chance to vote for the people's choice. View all the short films online (including mine!).
The story of a handful of Eucalypt species told through the people who live and work along a route from Australia's highest peak to the banks of the Murray River. View it online, runs 25 mins.
Some of the entertaining antics of roosting male resin bees (with video!).
They jostle for position, have a night-time and morning routine. They are small and hard to spot, but consistently visit our neighbourhood for weeks each spring.