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Macro Monday – September 2nd 2024 – Honeybee and Cape Daisies
beautiful honeybee enjoying the beautiful Cape yellow and purple Daisies. Continue reading
Macro Monday – April 15th 2024 – Garden Orb Weaver
Hello and happy Monday! I hope your day is going smoothly. Today’s macro Monday is the majestic garden orb weaver spider. I love these beautiful little guys. Some facts I find interesting about Orb Weavers are, – Orb Weavers are … Continue reading
Macro Monday – April 1st 2024 – Drosera x Sidjamesii
Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful day. Today’s photo is of the magnificent drosera x Sidjamesii, the pygmy sundew is a natural hybrid between D. pulchella and D. patens. Found on the shores of a few lakes north of Perth, … Continue reading
Macro Monday – March 18th 2024 – City of London
Happy Monday! I hope you’re having a wonderful day. Today’s macro Monday is of the beautiful Rosa Harukfore or City of London. One of my favourite blush pink roses that smells delicious. Thank you for visiting today. Have a lovely … Continue reading
Macro Monday – March 11th 2024 – Dionaea Muscipula
Happy Monday! I hope you’re well. I’ve chosen a couple of pictures for this week’s Macro Monday. They’re both of the beautiful flowers of the Dionaea Muscipula aka Venus Fly Trap, one of my favourite carnivorous plants. The author at … Continue reading
Macro Monday – March 4th 2024 – Kikihia subalpina
Happy Monday! I hope you’re having a great 2024 so far, I can’t believe it’s March already?! What?! Today’s photo is of a subalpine green cicada, just hanging out on an echinacea flower. Subalpine green cicadas, which is a species … Continue reading
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
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
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
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