A bright and happy image, albeit poorly focussed of a Monarch butterfly I took in the backyard at some stage last year. It’s been sitting in the “to work on” folder for some time and I figured that given the recent spate of sombre foggy images on the site, that this was the perfect time to bring a little sunshine back. Especially so, given that there are some more sombre images coming up

As always, my fascination with things you don’t normally pick up with the naked eye (the only naked thing that is crap) has got me in a firm squirrel grip and forced me to bypass beautiful beach panorama’s and cute Koala bears to present to you some flutterby tongue.

Imagine how handy it would be to go around life with a licker like this one…. No more wasted droplets at the bottom of the tinny!!

No, in all seriousness, it is serious flutterby season here at the moment… I was walking down the beach last weekend and there were thousands streaming in from the ocean to the shrubs blooming away in the dunes… one of those stereotypical “if only I remembered the camera” moments!! Instead, I present a fairly normal fluttsie from my backyard. Only “fairly normal” because he could probably do with a back-wax.

This shot is directly linked to the recent shot of the main beach at Port Douglas. This photograph features the creator of all those little sandy balls, Mr Ghost Crab.
While a massive fan of the beach, I am lucky enough to be able to say that I’ve never had crabs. More than happy to photograph some crustaceans though.

Unfortunately, I recently lost the stolenpixel.com website including all photographs and comments. This was one of a few images that I was able to find and restore to the site.

A photo of a wasp in the garage lighting at night. Unfortunately the over-exposure has effected the detail in his eyes, which is the main detail I like here.

Unfortunately, I recently lost the stolenpixel.com website including all photographs and comments. This was one of a few images that I was able to find and restore to the site.

I have no idea what this photo is of.. but it was on the garage wall and looked kinda like a relation of E.T.’s – so, trigger-happy-dan got to it!

Unfortunately, I recently lost the stolenpixel.com website including all photographs and comments. This was one of a few images that I was able to find and restore to the site.

I found these guys in the Noosa National Park.. they could flick their torso up and over the rest of their body, coupled with their long legs, giving them quite a spidery sort of feel.

Unfortunately, I recently lost the stolenpixel.com website including all photographs and comments. This was one of a few images that I was able to find and restore to the site.

A shot of a sandcrab.

Unfortunately, I recently lost the stolenpixel.com website including all photographs and comments. This was one of a few images that I was able to find and restore to the site.

The mighty redback is a member of the Black Widow family and is common in many parts of Australia. Particularly in newly settled areas. A redback bite will make you very sick and it is easy to get infestations with redbacks producing thousands of eggs per reproductive cycle and having its reproductive cycle every 3 weeks.

Unfortunately, I recently lost the stolenpixel.com website including all photographs and comments. This was one of a few images that I was able to find and restore to the site.

This shot is of a large, reasonably ugly moth sitting on a wooden chair in the backyard.

Unfortunately, I recently lost the stolenpixel.com website including all photographs and comments. This was one of a few images that I was able to find and restore to the site.

Another shot of the previous moth. This time the focus being on his fluffy boots!