Arachnids are spiders and their other 8-legged allies which, in my case, is pretty much limited to harvestmen. Harvestmen may be described as spider-like but have an unsegmented body. My modest collection used to be buried within Other Arthropods but…
The newly segregated European collection of Heteroptera. It didn’t seem sensible mixing in species from Australia, so they (just a handful) are separated out. Since not all of these characters appear to have common/vernacular names, I’ve gone for scientific/binomial names…
I have just a handful of True Bugs from Down Under but I thought they’d confuse if mixed in with the Europeans. So, they get their own dedicated page. I have so few, they are just mixed together in alphabetical…
Having made multiple trips to Australia targeting their delightful dragonflies, I thought I should start taking more note of their magnificent bird life. I did have “The Antipodes” lumped together originally but decided they needed to be separated, New Zealand’s…
We have made one trip to New Zealand, which is a glorious country when it comes to landscapes. On a wildlife front, particularly my beloved dragonflies, it’s a long way to go for little return. This is my modest collection…
Just four specimens from a single camper van tour of New Zealand. It’s unlikely to be repeated so this collection will probably not get any bigger. Lycaena salustius Vanessa gonerilla Vanessa itea Zizina labradus
Collecting a few butterflies from Asia has been a little more successful than other further flung arenas, perhaps mainly because we spent a couple of weeks on our own in Singapore. Other specimens are from Hong Kong and Sri Lanka.…
I have a very meagre collection of butterflies from Africa. I put this down to the fact that my two trips there were safaris when wandering about snagging insects tends to be frowned on – too dangerous. My sequencing is…
I’ve tried to take more notice of butterflies in Australia during my dragonfly trips, now. Hopefully I will make more so this collection may grow. This is just alphabetical sequence on binomial name. Cepora perimale Danaeus plexippus Delias aganippe Delias…
Travel had suffered for a couple of years due to Covid-19 with several planned trips being cancelled or postponed. Some travel was again becoming possible and in March 2022 we bravely stuck our toe in the water and went on…
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