Lizard visitor

Echidna visitor

 

Moth

This moth was attached to the screen on my window this morning. Having a good rest, I think, as I prodded it gently and it didn't stir. After dark I checked and it had disappeared.

Hermit crabs, Moruya River

South Durras Bounder

Photo by Nola Edsall

Kangaroo Patrol, South Durras

Pic by Nola Edsall

Horse poo, Moruya

Just back up the horse, and fresh poo into the bag?

An armada of Bluebottles

 Masses of Bluebottles washed ashore on Rosedale Beach recently. They are siphonophores or "colony jellyfish", meaning not just a single organism, but a several members - feeding, reproductive, stinging and floating.

These ones, found throughout Australia, are Physalia utriculus, commonly known also as Portuguese Man-o'-war. This, the Indian-Pacific variety is smaller than the Atlantic.

The collective term is an armada.

Their sting stays potent long after they are dead. The recommended treatment is to rinse and pick off any remaining tentacle, then run the affected body part under water as hot as you can stand it.

The one above looks like it is walking!