Monthly Archives: August 2011

Going Solar: Malcolm

As I said at the end of June, I think real-life examples may help to sort out the truth about domestic solar power from the hype. Here is the second of two recent Townsville installation stories. My own solar installation … Continue reading

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Miridae? What are they?

After two years of wandering around my garden with a camera I don’t expect to find too many new species but last week I came across my first member of a whole new family: Miridae. What are they? Hemiptera, or … Continue reading

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The State of the Climate

State of the Climate in 2010 is the latest instalment of an annual collection of climate observations from around the globe, edited at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center and published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). Its … Continue reading

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Cuckoo Wasp (again)

This is just a coincidence, but here is the other ‘cuckoo’ I was talking about last week, the Cuckoo Wasp (Chrysididae). They are not at all common in my garden and the only other time I have managed a photo … Continue reading

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