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Where wild things are.

acacia_pycnantha — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:21:25 GMT

I thought i would start a thread where people can post pictures of some of the wild critters which they find in their gardens.

Only wild things, please. And preferably native wild things, so no kitties or puppies or kids (even though i know that these can be pretty wild at times

So, here's my bee. Actually Kennedia found it and it's not really ours.

It's Amegilla cingulata, commonly known as the Blue Banded Bee.

Isn't she cute?

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acacia_pycnantha — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:25:03 GMT

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lind9650 — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 04:10:01 GMT

Little froggy in my potplant.

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lind9650 — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 04:38:22 GMT

Love that blue banded bee. Have never seen on before.

Here is an unusual bug on a black balsam plant.

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joz*garage — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:09:57 GMT

wow, excellent resolution, acacia!

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***super_nova*** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:14:43 GMT

Wow, fantastic photos. What camera did you use?

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ten*teeny*tiny*toes — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:16:58 GMT

Truely stunning photos acacia!

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**meep** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:25:18 GMT

wild ant ???

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**meep** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:26:39 GMT

@***super_nova*** wrote:
Wow, fantastic photos. What camera did you use?

Yes! I'd like to know as well.

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acacia_pycnantha — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:26:39 GMT

thanks for the compliments. 🙂

I used a Pentax K-x which is an entry-lever digital SLR camera. I also used a pentax DA 35 mm macro lens, which is probably why the pics are so information-heavy.

Sorry if they take a long time to load.

kennedia saw this bee in our garden about a week ago and asked about it here and I think it was meep who identified it for us (thanks, meep)

I have lain in wait for it for a few days, but it has been a bit too windy for it to come out . . . until today and now i have captured its' spirit inside my magic box. 😉

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*pepe — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:29:40 GMT

you should enter it in the flying comp

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acacia_pycnantha — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:32:03 GMT

Nice beetle. i think it's a type of shield beetle but don't know which one.

Or it might be a jewel bug. Do you live in Qld?

there's a beetle on this page which looks similar.

http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Insects/Sucking+Bugs/Common+species/Jewel+Bugs

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**meep** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:32:59 GMT

Amazing photos, Acacia. We have blue tongues here, will try to get a few close ups next week sometime.

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**meep** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:34:06 GMT

@*pepe wrote:
you should enter it in the flying comp

yes, definitely.

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:39:54 GMT

yep, what Pepe said, put in in the Flying photo comp. Brillliant photos o fruty one.

Dunno what this critter is, found him in the shed one day.

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**meep** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:45:52 GMT

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**meep** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:49:19 GMT

oooh! what is that Pimpy? some kind of a leaf insect?

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***super_nova*** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 05:53:37 GMT

It is very windy here; all I could find in my garden was a pink hippo in the apricot tree and this little tiny fly on my lemon tree. The leaf was moving in the wind.

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**meep** — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 06:00:43 GMT

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 29 Dec 2013 06:03:27 GMT

Green tree snake