Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus And now a garden butterfly. There is no need to go bush in the heat to see butterflies as in th...

More hot - more butterflies It's still hot in Canberra, so over the weekend I was down at the coast where it was a little cooler, le...

Hot sunny weather - butterfly weather Eye-spots on a Meadow Argus' Junonia villida wings It has been hot in Canberra for the p...

Fantastic Phasmid This Titan Stick Insect  Acrophylla titan  was in our garden yesterday, he probably still is, but I can't see him....

Big rain Droplets of rain hang from eucalyptus flowers in the garden.  More than 50 mm of rain fell on Canberra yesterday, 29 mm bef...