![Nursery](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560274968_5bde8cd2ee_b.jpg)
Nursery
Shield bug nymphs, all clustered together as if in a nursery, with eggs in the background. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![The Little Ones](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560406309_0f3a7a7270_b.jpg)
The Little Ones
Shield bug nymphs, all clustered together as if in a nursery. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![Hues of pink and ochre](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53559219427_092445365b_b.jpg)
Hues of pink and ochre
The beautiful, mottled ochre base of a gum tree. I love the different hues Eucalyptus trees come in. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![An Unusual Choice](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560075446_714da7fe09_b.jpg)
An Unusual Choice
A Megachile sp. of native bee has been making nests in multiple locations on our property, including on the hose reel! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
!["T"](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53559219087_3c2aee1a7e_b.jpg)
"T"
A plume moth from the underside. Couldn’t resist this shot, ha ha! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![Plastic Nest](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53559219057_4bdff82f77_b.jpg)
Plastic Nest
A Megachile sp. of native bee has been making nests in multiple locations on our property, including on the hose reel! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
!["Please, don't look at me!"](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560074221_4fe4c8722e_b.jpg)
"Please, don't look at me!"
A weevil awkwardly trying to avoid being looked at. They are such nervous beetles! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![Sunset Tea Tree](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53559217192_0d6bf5c939_b.jpg)
Sunset Tea Tree
Evening sunshine highlighted these Tea Tree flowers for me. I love the way they were catching the light. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![One for the Money](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560403899_e846045fe5_b.jpg)
One for the Money
A flowering Large Duck Orchid (Caleana major) in the evening sunshine. Happy Floral Friday everyone! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![Golden Evening](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560271548_2f5e4ddf4e_b.jpg)
Golden Evening
Sunset over one of our favourite fire trails. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![Groom Station](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560402794_d3861b8a9d_b.jpg)
Groom Station
Unid. species of wasp. This tiny flier landed on Joe’s arm and allowed me time to take a few photos while it groomed. [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![Beholding](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560271293_3b6769169b_b.jpg)
Beholding
Sweet little beetle watching the sunset. Aww. 🙂 [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![Pointy Fly](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53560271263_aabbff4c62_b.jpg)
Pointy Fly
Unid. species of fly. This one also landed on Joe’s arm (which seemed to be a popular landing spot for winged insects that evening) and I was able to snap a photo. Happy Fly Day Friday everyone! [Lower Blue Mountains, NSW]
![Springwood back burning 2018](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52666311240_30669c4879_b.jpg)
Springwood back burning 2018
Springwood NSW
![Springwood Station april 1989 looking towards Faulconbridge](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52463910796_0ecbf43e97_b.jpg)
Springwood Station april 1989 looking towards Faulconbridge
Springwood NSW Station (looking towards Faulconbridge.
B&W and Water damaged.
Taken April 1989 , 1st roll of film for year 11 photography at SHS.
Camera was a Zenit SLR with 50mm lens
![Guardian of the Shroom](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52228370370_fc1799012e_b.jpg)
Guardian of the Shroom
And atop the fabulous bun-like shroom sits a fungus fly (Genus Tapeigaster). You can learn more about these possessive little flies here: southernforestlife.net/happenings/2017/6/22/fungi-and-fri... [Springwood, NSW]
EDIT: This fungi might be Gymnopilus sp.
![AEC Bus, Springwood, NSW.](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51808653252_9cdbdc5046_b.jpg)
AEC Bus, Springwood, NSW.
DC82-15
![Wax Flowers in the Evening](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51497657356_87a0c88bc5_b.jpg)
Wax Flowers in the Evening
Some stunning wax flowers lighting up the gloom after sunset! When I saw the busy, compact shrub I thought it was a Boronia before I got close enough to see they were an unusually clumped cluster of Philotheca. Given that I have seen hundreds of Philotheca hispidula as one-to-two upright stems, I think this is a hybrid of another species (possibly P. myoporoides which also grows locally). But that is just a guess! Found along an open wooded bush track in Springwood, NSW.
![Brightening the Evening Gloom](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51498373954_e4a00018f9_b.jpg)
Brightening the Evening Gloom
A stunning cluster of Wax Flowers (Philotheca sp.) Found at sunset along an open wooded bush track in Springwood, NSW.
![White Patch](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51496867962_f36f12bfd9_b.jpg)
White Patch
Wide show of some stunning wax flowers lighting up the gloom after sunset! When I saw the busy, compact shrub I thought it was a Boronia before I got close enough to see they were an unusually clumped cluster of Philotheca. Given that I have seen hundreds of Philotheca hispidula as one-to-two upright stems, I think this is a hybrid of another species (possibly P. myoporoides which also grows locally). But that is just a guess! Found along an open wooded bush track in Springwood, NSW.
![Pretty Pomaderris](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51493810278_1a8081bd1c_b.jpg)
Pretty Pomaderris
Macro shot of Pomaderris sp. with flowers at various stages. I have come to love Pomaderris but with over 70 species in Australia, many looking alike, I am not good at telling them apart! Any I.D. help much appreciated. Found along an open wooded bush track in Springwood, NSW.
![Jewel-encrusted](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51493807233_08a600d1df_b.jpg)
Jewel-encrusted
Macro shot of the flower of the Broad-leaf Star Hair (Astrotricha latifolia). Found along an open wooded bush track in Springwood, NSW.
![Tiny Zieria](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51494509060_8e8b4c80c1_b.jpg)
Tiny Zieria
I believe this is the Hairy Zieria (Zieria pilosa). It was a young plant, only 10-15cm off the ground and very cute! Found along an open wooded bush track, beneath some boulders, in Springwood, NSW.
![Lovely Hues](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51048681072_d1dd710b87_b.jpg)
Lovely Hues
Beautiful brown and orange moth on a flannel flower. I know next to nothing about local moth species, so any I.D. help much appreciated! Found along a bush track in Springwood, Blue Mountains.
![Pink Capsules](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51048680817_520ae0f069_b.jpg)
Pink Capsules
Colourful pink seeds on a blade of grass. I don’t often think to photograph grass, but up close, some of their flowers and seeds are actually quite lovely. (Blue Mountains, NSW).