#327

Mummy LongLegs wrapping up her prey.

#325

Beautiful green stripy beetle.

#320

Spiky caterpillar.

#317

Dragonfly - he very kindly sat still enough for me to get a good photo!

#304

I asked Wombat if we should bring this caterpillar inside and see if we could watch it metamorphise. We haven't had much luck with trying to help caterpillars turn into butterflies.

Wombat said "Let's just let it stay alive!"

So we did.

#291

Seems I'm not the only one who admires the clover :D

#287

Ladybird, ladybird, where have you been?

#249

Photographic proof that sonic mosquito repellers do NOT work. LOL. (I got one as a gift with an ebay purchase.)

#241

Wooly bear caterpillar - we brought him inside hoping to witness his metamorphosis... but it turned out that he had been parasitized by wasps.

#227

Wombat likes the macro setting on my camera as much as I do. This is his close-up of an ant nest - with ant.

#226

A tiny, colourful little spider on a tree.

#149

I have always had a problem with slugs. Only animal in the world I can't stand. With Yeti, however, it is leeches. This has been something of a wet year, and I guess in a strange tribute to global warming (brrrr, yeah right) the leeches have been moving south. We have always had ticks here. Now we have leeches too. I have to check the kids really carefully at bath time - not to mention myself as well...



Wombat and I went for a walk during a break in the rain and spotted this huge fellow down near the little dam. It's the biggest leech I've ever seen! As soon as it scented our warmth and blood, it started nosing around over the rocks trying to find us.



Bleurgh. Wombat thought it was pretty, and it was, in a disgusting sort of way, quite fascinating. Yeti won't look at its picture though :P

#140

Little green spider - with red bottom. He's on my jumper - you can see how small he is from how big the knit looks!

#119

Pretty moth on the bathroom mirror. He's actually shining white, but the bathroom light gave a yellow glow.

#118

Another non-anthropomorphic fairy visitor...

#112

Lol - if the last insect was a fairy, this one is a gnome!

#111

This little guy is so delicate. I always think of creatures like this as fairies in non-anthropomorphic form!

#109

Beautiful beetle.

#108

Gum blossom - with tiny cocoon!

#76

Wombat's new word - "pollination".