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Sunday Spinelessness – Earth Measuring Caterpillars

It’s Sunday night. So, of course, it’s time for me to find an excuse for not writing that post I’ve been going on and on about and, instead, put up some photos and get back to work (or at least, stop...

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Sunday Spinelessness – Butterflies!

Just a couple of pretty pictures today, and what could be prettier than tropical butterfiles? There is a great butterfly house at the Otago Museum, and every time I visit I try and challenge myself to...

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Sunday Spinelessness – Spike

Blogging is going to be slow going around here for a little while, in fact, it may just be limited to photographs of bugs from out back garden. Here’s one, the absurdly spiky caterpillar of a magpie...

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Sunday Spinelessness – Om nom nom nom

I wasn’t very happy with the caterpillar photos last week, so I had another go. Still not quite there, but I think I might end up with a nice shot of these guys before they turn into moths:

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Sunday Spinelessness – A Clearwing moth

At last, Dunedin has managed to arrange a proper summer day for a weekend. The extra heat and sun saw plenty of bugs out and about, and I spotted plenty of familiar critters (native bees,  cicadas,...

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