Creature Gallery

Apex predator in the creature gallery

A cat possessed by the devil heads the creature gallery.
“Continue reading” for another 30 creatures. No more cats – promise.

Our Siamese cat called (blush) “Bubbles”. A change from the “Ohh, he’s so cute…” kittens of social media. The “red” reflex in our cat is whitish in this flash shot.

Our semi-rural property sits in the Australian bush and many creatures come to have their picture taken.

Daisy and hover fly colour coordinated

A Hover fly on a daisy.

Roo and joey

Well, this is Australia. This kangaroo with a joey in the pouch hopped the fence to get the grass very close to where my earth wire connects for my Tesla coiling. (it wasn’t set up at the time).

Gecko's eye view

A close up of a small gecko. He ran away when startled by the camera shutter noise.

Creature gallery

Above, ants come out at night to eat a small lizard.

Cricket, praying mantis, scorpion close up, stick insect, orb spider, pobblebonk frog, grass frog, moth, dragonfly, hermit crab, earwig, bobtail skink x 2, Port Lincoln parrot, brush tailed possum with baby, kookaburra, spider, barn owl and red-capped parrot.

Cricket cleaning Praying Mantis and finger

Scorpion close-up

Pobblebonk frog
                    
                                
                                                  
And last the obligatory domestic dog, a Labradoodle (Labrador/Toy poodle cross!) called Milo.
I now have (2006) a new Sigma 180mm lens that has 1:1 macro ability giving both much better closeup and telephoto shots.
                        

Above, left photo shows a katydid cricket that I found dead but still photogenic.  Right photo shows a “twenty-eight”, Port Lincoln parrot.

                 

Above, left photo shows a bee in a bottlebrush. Right photo shows a meadow butterfly.

             
Above,  shows a damselfly, two weevils being friendly in a banksia flower and a not so friendly kangaroo tick sucking my blood.

Above, a wasp with a caterpillar snack.


Saw this Rosenberg’s monitor walking along the road (not actually visiting). He is about 3 feet long and eats snakes and skinks. No time to set up the tripod. Rumour has it that this fellow can mistake you for a tree and climb up you if startled.

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