{"id":3442,"date":"2021-08-23T11:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T01:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=3442"},"modified":"2021-08-24T11:19:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T01:19:29","slug":"late-winter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2021\/08\/23\/late-winter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Winter."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With temperatures starting to head north things are beginning to move, self sown paper daisies are flowering, and the Tree Violet, now known as Melicytus dentatus,\u00a0 is filling the air with sweet perfume from its tiny flowers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/daisy.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"779\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/treev.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"832\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Philothecas are in full bloom too, the Heyfield double P. verrucosa,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/doubleb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And P. myoporoides.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/waxb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several garden Wattles are brightening the scene and supplying pollen to native bees.<\/p>\n<p>Lasioglossum subgenus Homalictus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/lasio.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the sun shines jumping spiders are leaving their retreats and enjoying the warmth.<\/p>\n<p>Opisthoncus necator, female.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/jump1.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"469\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/jump2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"508\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maratus scutulatus, immature.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/jumper.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several tiny orb weavers are busy in the Grevillea wilsonii.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/orb1b.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"706\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Larger ant species are leaving their underground homes to forage in the trees.<\/p>\n<p>Myrmecia urens, the Baby Bull Ant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/pix27\/antb.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"848\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With temperatures starting to head north things are beginning to move, self sown paper daisies are flowering, and the Tree Violet, now known as Melicytus dentatus,\u00a0 is filling the air with sweet perfume from its tiny flowers. Philothecas are in full bloom too, the Heyfield double P. verrucosa, And P. myoporoides. Several garden Wattles are &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2021\/08\/23\/late-winter-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Late 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-3442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442","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=3442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}