I have seen this miniscule critter twice in my garden and despite looking up my reference books and scouring the internet, I cannot identify this bug. He is tiny, measuring about 1cm in diameter and I don’t know if he is a young butterfly/moth/grasshopper who will grow into something larger or if this is as [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary: Casper the Friendly Ghost [21 May 2008]
It was my half day at work and such a beautiful autumn afternoon which made me want to be outdoors so I took myself off to local bushland which I had wanted to investigate for a while. About a ten minute drive from my house, this pocket of nature is called Venman Bushland National [...]
There are still lots of butterflies fluttering around my garden and I find them to be a frustration as they rarely choose to land anywhere near me and if I’m on one side of the yard, they will be on the other side just to annoy me even more! I have seen some beauties [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Elusive Butterflies [28 March 2008]
I spotted this butterfly in the garden when I was feeding the comets early this morning and I sprinted into the house to grab my camera. I ended up chasing this butterfly all over my garden before she finally rested on a leaf. (I’m sure my neighbours must think that I am a bit of [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly [1 December 08]
Just recently, in Brisbane, Australia, we have had an unusually high amount of butterflies and I particularly remember first noticing them while driving to work one morning. That same week the Brisbane Traffic Centre reported “early morning motorists on the busy Centenary Highway in Brisbane’s west were forced to slow down and clean their windscreens [...]
