Tag Archives: Macro

Macro Monday – March 11th 2024 – Dionaea Muscipula

Macro Monday – March 11th 2024 – Dionaea Muscipula

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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

Macro Monday – March 4th 2024 – Kikihia subalpina

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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

Macro Monday – February 26th 2024 – Coccinella undecimpunctata

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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

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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

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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

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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 →

Macro Monday – January 29th 2024 – Rosa Mary Rose

Macro Monday – January 29th 2024 – Rosa Mary Rose

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Happy Monday! I hope you’re well. Today’s photo is of the beautiful “Mary Rose” with beautiful pink petals and a beautiful old rose scent. Named to mark the recovery of Henry VIII’s flagship from the Solent after more than 400 … Continue reading →

Macro Monday – January 22nd 2024 – Hemiandrus Maia

Macro Monday – January 22nd 2024 – Hemiandrus Maia

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Happy Monday! It’s currently 11:52pm so I am cutting this one super fine but it’s been a wee bit of a busy day. Today’s photo is of the beautiful Hemiandrus maia, the Otago ground wētā, which is a species of … Continue reading →

Macro Monday – January 15th 2024 – Osteospermum Nasinga White

Macro Monday – January 15th 2024 – Osteospermum Nasinga White

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Happy Monday! I hope you’ve having a good day. Today’s photo is the beautiful Osteospermum Nasinga White or Nasinga White Cape Daisy/African Daisy. Osteospermum belonging to the Calenduleae tribe, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower/daisy family, Asteraceae. They … Continue reading →

Zazzle

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Hello, hope you’re well today 🙂 I’ve been busy setting up a few things for sale on Zazzle,

Postcards

Calendar

Coffee mugs

I hope to be able to offer other products soon. This month you can get 25% off using code ZJANUARYSAVE

Anyway, Have an awesome day 😊❤️