australia, week two
more pictures from central and western sydney. i’ll let the pictures speak for themselves, this time. photos after the break.
living pictures
the biggest harvestman ever
last night, i deported the biggest harvestman (daddy longlegs, order opiliones) i’ve ever seen from our restroom, and helped it get back to nature. the biologist in me couldn’t but […]
lightfield pictures of bee orchids (ophrys apifera, o. bertolonii ssp. saratoi) [lytro]
bee orchids are – in my opinion – one of the truly curious outcomes of (co-)evolution. as noted before, the orchid species in the genus ophrys immitate female bees with […]
ant attack! [lightfield pictures]
the only thing that makes forest ants even more active and aggressive, is when the sun has really heated the hole anthill up. these ants did not shy away from […]
let the lytro-mania begin!
guess who’s finally arrived in austria, after several months of long waiting? [living picture no longer available] there are some more after the break…