Today is my day for being inspired by other people's posts.

This was written by me on August 31st 2005, when I was working at Broome Bird Observatory in northern Western Australia. I have since learned that what I called a Mud-dauber Wasp was actually a Potter Wasp.

Over the last couple of weeks a drama has been unfolding right outside my ( Read more... )

( Here are things spiders should fear )

A large number of plants are polinated by insects and the Chiloglottis trapeziformis is no exception. Most plants manage this by offering something to the insect - nutrient rich pollen or sweet nectar usually. Chiloglottis trapeziformis on the other hand offers what every living thing wants - sex. It imitates the pheremones of a receptive female ( Read more... )