{"id":3021,"date":"2021-01-15T08:55:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T21:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2021-02-02T19:38:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T08:38:26","slug":"third-time-lucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2021\/01\/15\/third-time-lucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Time Lucky."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Third trip back to the road reserve chasing more photos of the White-banded Grass Dart, and finally after following one darting here and there, one was spotted perched.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/dart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/dartb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"811\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Native bees have been sparse, this Lasioglossum calophyllae was a welcome sight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/lasio.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"799\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The third keeper from the outing was an orchid dupe wasp, Lissopimpla excelsa.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/wasp.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"818\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leaf-curling spiders are starting to become noticeable around the garden.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/curl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"867\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trunks of the garden eucalypts are always a productive source of photographic subjects, and one Red Gum never fails to deliver the goods. Servaea incana is often seen there, this large individual has captured a neighbour, a comb-footed spider.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/serv2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/serv2b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This flattie has to remain unidentified.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/spid.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"853\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two hoppers, a planthopper nymph, Ledromorpha species.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/fla.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"893\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and a photogenic Flatid Planthopper, Siphanta hebes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/hop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix24\/hopb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Some images will enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Third trip back to the road reserve chasing more photos of the White-banded Grass Dart, and finally after following one darting here and there, one was spotted perched. Native bees have been sparse, this Lasioglossum calophyllae was a welcome sight. The third keeper from the outing was an orchid dupe wasp, Lissopimpla excelsa. Leaf-curling spiders &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2021\/01\/15\/third-time-lucky\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Third Time Lucky.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}