Fireflies—twinkling magicians of the night sky
"Magical – that's the word I keep on using, it was magical. It was like being around fairies – the forest was glowing.": Nick Moir
Coming the “sweet prawn” in Palermo: Chips Mackinolty on food, fashion and Dolce & Gabbana
Intanto alla Vucciria Chips Mackinolty, street artist australiano, realizza “Dolce & Gamberi”, il dipinto di un abito d’“alta moda” con stampa di cannoli e gamberoni. L’ennesimo omaggio ad una Palermo che, per un lungo weekend, sarà davvero internazionale.
Butterfly of the Week: Double-spotted Line Blue, Nacaduba biocellata
This isn’t the sharpest pic I might be able to get of this delightful little fella that is most likely the most abundant life-form (apart from the ubiquitous Buffel Grass) around Alice Springs right now—in numbers if not in weight. I first noticed these Double-spotted Line Blue butterflies Nacaduba biocellata when I was out at Hidden [...]
Bug of the Week: Termites – the rise and fall of the alate kings and queens
Northern Australian and Central Desert languages have numerous words for insects that are eaten, used as medicine, or that indicate important phenomena in the immediate environment: Aung Si & Myfany Turpin, 2015.
Bug of the week – the Dragonflies of Darwin
Just as in Alice Springs - where I found whole worlds of insect life in two Witchetty Bushes right outside my front door - in Darwin it seems that if you look long and hard enough you can find a whole universe in a backyard.