{"id":3387,"date":"2021-05-29T14:25:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2021-05-29T14:25:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:25:37","slug":"nearly-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2021\/05\/29\/nearly-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly Winter."},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had a few light frosts already, and with the much cooler temperatures, subjects for the macro lens are getting harder to find. Occasionally something will be found on the sunny side of a tree trunk, or some other\u00a0 location warmed by the late autumn sun. Following are shots gathered over the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

A Stink Bug, Poecilometis strigatus.<\/p>\n

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Sparshall’s moth larvae, Trichiocercus sparshalli have been common during the warmer months, and male and female adults have been coming to the moth light. This is a cluster of eggs, covered for protection by a mat of hairs from the female’s rear end.<\/p>\n

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Autumn is Hakea flowering time, and as has been reported frequently in the past, the Hakea laurina is a magnet for bees, both honey, and the little native, Hylaeus littleri that has been in larger numbers than previously.<\/p>\n

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A leaf beetle, Paropsis atomaria.<\/p>\n

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A Lantern Fly in to the moth light, Rentinus dilatatus.<\/p>\n

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One of the callistemons has had a good autumn flowering, the bottlebrush flowers are attracting lots of honey bees, and keeping them company were two White-spotted Ichneumonid Wasps, Echthromorpha intricatoria busily flitting about. One finally landed giving a photo opportunity.<\/p>\n

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The Hoary Servaea, Servaea incana can still be found out and about occasionally.<\/p>\n

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And on the Brittle Gum trunks, Two-tailed Spiders, Tamopsis species, still manage to amaze with their ability to blend in with the colour and texture of the bark.<\/p>\n

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Finally a Tachinid Fly sunning itself on the Eucalyptus parramattensis.<\/p>\n

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We’ve had a few light frosts already, and with the much cooler temperatures, subjects for the macro lens are getting harder to find. Occasionally something will be found on the sunny side of a tree trunk, or some other\u00a0 location warmed by the late autumn sun. Following are shots gathered over the last couple of … Continue reading Nearly Winter.<\/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-3387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387","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=3387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}