Natasha Taylor
tashtaylor.bsky.social
Natasha Taylor
@tashtaylor.bsky.social
Oooh beautiful photo! This is my local Great Egret, we call them Igret Birdgman
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Radumeris radula, the most beautiful insect I've ever seen! I mistook her for a tiny model at first, and feel so lucky that I had my camera with me.
March 11, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Camouflage! This little thing is the larva of a green lacewing! It has a bunch of detritus stuck to its back so it can safely hide from predators, while using the stabby bits on its face to kill common garden pests like aphids; these things are voracious predators!
September 28, 2023 at 7:05 AM
Cute little native cockroach! Tentatively ID'd this as Ellipsidion bicolor, not a pest species.
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September 27, 2023 at 8:34 AM
This is a member of Psocodea, which includes bark lice and book lice! I don't know anything about this order, so that's as narrow as the ID is getting.

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September 26, 2023 at 9:04 AM
Don't have as much time to go finding bugs at present, but here's a bee by way of apology!
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September 25, 2023 at 9:31 AM
This intimidating creature is the stick-nest brown paper wasp! While they look scary, they're actually pretty chill (unless you touch their nest), and pretty small—only about a centimetre long!
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August 26, 2023 at 9:31 AM