The Aussie Flora and Fauna thread ..

[ahortator]

Hi everybody

Here an Aussie strange creature

Being more serious, some of them are made with mulga timber (Acacia aneura).

I have found this web about Callicoma serratifolia.

http://www.friendsoflanecovenationalpark.org.au/Flowering/Flowers/Callicoma_serratifolia.htm

It looks like a ganja plant with only one finguered leaves.

One tree we have growing here so far away is Acacia saligna, we have tons of them growing wild.

Greetings, my friends.

 

[Sat X RB]

Peace All ...

 

[rexamus616]

Creature Feature

Creature Feature

funnelweb hole

swarm of bees resting in pecan tree

'Earth-star' Puffball fungus

Bull ants (not the jumping ones)

Mother Centipede and her children

 

[rexamus616]

more!

more!

Bush Turkey


'Fly Agaric' mushroom


Mantid laying eggsac

 

[Sat X RB]

Ghekoes

Ghekoes

(EDIT: SORRY, Spelled gekoe wrong. thanks Hard Rain.) Does anyone know what the name of these ghekoes are? I 've lived around here for a long time but only discovered these in the last cuppla years when I pulled down a shed near the house and the ghekoes moved in. good at cleaning up insects in the house!

this one lives behind my pinboard. that's my laptop visible at bottom of frame.

in the kitchen ... hopeful! ghekoe missed out on this one cos daylight came ...

bye All!

 

[Mick]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/attachment.php?attachmentid=337699&stc=1&d=1445658986

Bugs are fauna too hey.

 

[hard rain]

Does anyone know what the name of these ghekoes are? I 've lived around here for a long time but only discovered these in the last cuppla years when I pulled down a shed near the house and the ghekoes moved in. good at cleaning up insects in the house!

this one lives behind my pinboard. that's my laptop visible at bottom of frame.


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in the kitchen ... hopeful! ghekoe missed out on this one cos daylight came ...


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bye All!

Looks like a robust velvet gecko.
http://www.ozanimals.com/wildlife/Reptile/Geckos.html

Great to see some more contributions to this thread.

 

[Mick]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/attachment.php?attachmentid=337701&stc=1&d=1445665385

 

[Mick]

Flowering gums.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/attachment.php?attachmentid=337802&stc=1&d=1445769799

 

[Mick]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/attachment.php?attachmentid=337803&stc=1&d=1445769985

 

[Mick]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/attachment.php?attachmentid=337804&stc=1&d=1445770290

 

[Sat X RB]

Flowering gums.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/attachment.php?attachmentid=337802&stc=1&d=1445769799

this eucalypt is a hybrid ... yes? no eucalypts do this colour naturally, I think ... nice colour tho, would look good in the forest!

 

[Mick]

Hey, seems some coloured flowering gums are hybrids and others not. Not sure which category these ones are. Around here they're everywhere, but not in the forest. Check out the link. Very pretty plants.

http://www.tarrawood.com.au/floweringgums/gums.html

 

[J.V]

Bower Birds nest I saw in the scrub a while ago.

 

[Donald Mallard]

Nice little nest JV ,
i see he is a fan of green ,
the ones near my patch used to collect some amazing blue things ,
hard to find in the bush without some human around ...

 

[J.V]

Hey Wally....That nest isn't to far off the beaten track.
Only seen a few nest's over the years.....The first one I saw when I was a kid, had alot of blue straws in it.

 

[Sat X RB]

hello J.V ... nice to know you get plenty of exercise bushwalking!

 

[rexamus616]

Bower Birds nest I saw in the scrub a while ago.

Thats not a nest, its a 'bower' - the spot where the male does his courtship displays. (his numerous female partners nest elsewhere after mating)

I've never seen a nest, but I've seen plenty of bowers... We've got Satin Bower birds and Regent Bower birds around here.... the Satin ones love anything blue, and onetime I found a piece of a $10 note!

Notice the blue debris stolen from my house!

 

[Donald Mallard]

ahh , thats the guy that used to steal our blue lighters ,,
couldnt work out where they had gone till we found his "stash" .. hehehe ..

 

[Dog Star]

This is interesting,adore learning on trippy nature...