{"id":951,"date":"2017-12-12T08:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T08:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/?p=951"},"modified":"2017-12-12T08:01:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T08:01:25","slug":"the-native-garden-ecosystem-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2017\/12\/12\/the-native-garden-ecosystem-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Native Garden Ecosystem #4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post begins with more mantis pictures.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the callistemon found the female in the previous post, coupled with a smaller male.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/pair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/pairbl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/pair2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/pair2bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"402\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Male and female Black-faced Perchers are still very numerous and approachable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/percherwilsonii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/percherwilsoniibl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"362\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wandering Ringtails, Austrolestes leda have appeared and are happy to pose.<\/p>\n<p>Male.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/leda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/ledabl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/leda2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/leda2bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/ledafem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/ledafembl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The St. Andrew&#8217;s Cross Spider pair featured <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2016\/12\/12\/a-tale-of-two-gardens\/\">just twelve months ago<\/a> were successful parents, with several of their progeny decorating the shrubs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/andrews.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/andrewsbl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And on the Brittle Gums, Two-tailed Spiders, Tamopsis species are lurking in dimples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/twotailed2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/twotailed2bl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tiny grasshoppers are plentiful,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/hopper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/hopperbl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and this female Meadow Katydid was spotted on the brick wall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/katy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/katybl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Baeckea virgata is coming into flower and starting to attract insects. A very small black robber fly secured its lunch there, and a lucky find was an attractive banded beefly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/robber.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/robberbl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/beefly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bencruachan.org\/naturality\/garden3\/beeflybl.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Click to enlarge.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post begins with more mantis pictures. A search of the callistemon found the female in the previous post, coupled with a smaller male. Male and female Black-faced Perchers are still very numerous and approachable. \u00a0 Wandering Ringtails, Austrolestes leda have appeared and are happy to pose. Male. Female. The St. Andrew&#8217;s Cross Spider pair &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/2017\/12\/12\/the-native-garden-ecosystem-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Native Garden Ecosystem #4<\/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-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951","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=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bencruachan.org\/naturality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}