Dragonflies dragging each other around by the head, psychedelic Damselflies, and an epic battle with a Mudeye.

A rare plant called Boerhavia coccinea, the food plant for the Striped Hawk Moth caterpillar Yeperenye.

My 2021 entry for the threatened species bake-off. The annual baking competition is held just prior to Threatened Species Day on September 7th.

A rare chance to see the bats of the Mallee up close.

Well, we made it to number seven. But I’m not sure the list of Australian butterflies most likely to go extinct is a list that you want to top.

If you’re a cicada, this is the last thing you’ll see before half of your head is ripped off. This Katydid is a unique example of “aggressive acoustic mimicry”.

This Spider Wasp dragged a Wolf Spider for 55 metres to stash it in her nesting burrow.

Is the colonising flight of thousands of termites a good or a bad thing?

These are the geckos which live on our windows and doors, hunting for moths attracted to the lights.

The sand turds are everywhere in the Mallee and this is one of the beetles responsible!

A 67 year-old mystery has been solved by citizen science and social media, and a lost Jewel Beetle has been rediscovered.

A burrowing snake, rarely seen above ground. Completely harmless and cute.

We dug this Pobblebonk out of our vegie patch today. He posed for some photos to show off the identifying features.

On the first day of our Spring bird survey, I couldn’t resist these Stumpytails and Central Bearded Dragons.

Episode 2 of “They’re not all the same skink!”. This glossy, sand-swimming skink was in our vegie patch.

Oh what big eyes you have!

Not a snake … a legless lizard.