We follow the tortuous process by which a katydid nymph hatches from its protective egg case and simultaneously sheds the cuticle coat it acquired as an embryo.

The strange looking foliage that has appeared on our eucalypt trees since the fire houses a wealth of creatures - an ecosystem in its own right.

As the plants regrow the insects return. Many are species we know but there are new ones too. Importantly the makings of the next generation are also underway.

Butterfly eggs aren’t the only target for wasp parasites - Lacewings can suffer the same fate

An ingenious mode of parasitism employed by a tiny wasp - lay your egg inside someone else's egg!

A brief return to the ongoing challenge of getting to know our native bees.

With few options available at this time of the year, insects looking for a feed of nectar or pollen seek out the tiny flowers of Prickly Broom-heath.

As Winter draws nearer, butterflies & grasshoppers are engaging in a breeding frenzy.

Winged ants gather together as they prepare to take flight to found new colonies

I rekindle a love affair...

A chilly morning, and life in the undergrowth is slow to warm up and get moving.

I look at one of the major contributors to energy flow in our forest ecosystem

The few glimpses we get of life below ground is a reminder of how much is taking place beneath our feet.

An update on my quest to get to know our local bees.

I witness a formidable little monster - a lacewing larva - coming into the world

These familiar butterflies surprised me this morning, bullying and posturing to secure prime territory.

After watching native bees feeding on Persoonia flowers, I work my way to a better understanding of who they are and what they are doing.

I chance upon another insect - a katydid - doing the houdini trick of escaping from its nymphal skin

Lacewings provide an example of an evolutionary quirk - a new design arises within one group of animals that bears a strong similarity to a pre-existing design in another group. 

Damselflies and dragonflies undergo extensive changes during their final moult, adapting to the shift from swimming to flight.

We get to witness ecdysis - moulting of the exoskeleton - taking place in our resident stick insect.

The mating strategy of flower wasps is really quite bizarre. 

A bumper year for the cicadas prompts me to take a closer look at their biology.