Longtailed Mealybug

Good morning 🙂 I had an unwanted visitor on my Hoya Polyneura, as far as I can tell she is the only one but I have not properly looked. She was very cool to photograph though, so beautiful and alien … Continue reading

Macro Monday – February 26th 2024 – Coccinella undecimpunctata

Macro Monday – February 26th 2024 – Coccinella undecimpunctata

Happy Monday! I hope you’re well. Today’s photo is of the beautiful Eleven-Spotted Ladybird – Coccinella undecimpunctata. Originally from the northern hemisphere but now widespread throughout New Zealand, supposedly introduced in 1874 by the Canterbury Acclimatization Society (which would make … Continue reading

Macro Monday – February 19th 2024 – Pinguicula x Weser

Macro Monday – February 19th 2024 – Pinguicula x Weser

Happy Monday! Today’s photo is of the beautiful Pinguicula x Weser (Butterwort/Carnivorous Plant), which is is a hybrid of P. ehlersiae and P. moranensis. Registered as a cultivar in 1998, it received its name after a the River Weser in … Continue reading

Macro Monday – February 12th 2024 – Flower Longhorn Beetle

Macro Monday – February 12th 2024 – Flower Longhorn Beetle

Happy Monday! This magnificent little dude is a Zorion australe aka Flower longhorn beetle which is endemic to New Zealand. You’ll find Some cool facts about Zorion/longhorn beetles on this page, they include but aren’t limited to, Super excited to … Continue reading

Macro Monday – February 5th 2024 – Drosera Nidiformis

Macro Monday – February 5th 2024 – Drosera Nidiformis

Happy Monday! Wow February already!? Hope your 2024 is going well so far. Today’s photo is the tropical sundew Drosera Nidiformis, indigenous to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, uncurling its beautiful spiral flower stem. Which will eventually show lovely pink flowers. … Continue reading

Wow it’s been a while…

Hello! I hope you guys are all keeping safe and well… I recently had to pay my WordPress subscription and I was like hmm when was the last time I actually posted anything? 11 months ago?! And that was only … Continue reading