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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
 Posted - 07/03/2009 : 13:52:30
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yay, I never have seen a blue bum here here b/4, thanks Gail for showing me yours  , plus my Mantis, sorry bit blurred
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
Melbourne
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Pamela
head gardener
Australia
3949 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2009 : 16:07:43
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Lovely pics Cheryl
I would LOVE to have a hive - a nieghbour gave me some local honey and it is soooooooo divine.
"The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears." |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
 Posted - 07/03/2009 : 16:08:55
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Thanks Pamela, I'm just wrapped I have never noticed them here before, they where hanging around the salvias 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2009 : 16:11:58
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Very Cute Cheryl.. I am glad to see that you have seen a Blue Banded Bee.
Not a blue bum...
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2009 : 16:27:17
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sorry, I was all excited 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2009 : 19:06:59
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That's great Cheryl  You can generally hear them before you see them and now you've seen one you will probably see them everywhere 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2009 : 21:42:35
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I hope so Gail, I have never seen them around my roses and that is where I hang out the most 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2009 : 21:56:21
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They love my Purple Tibouchina and the Crepe Myrtle and Blue Salvia the best.
I have never seen one on my roses..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 09:22:50
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Well the blue salvia is in the same box as the hot lips one
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 10:30:56
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One of my favourite insects Cheryl now you'll have to keep your eyes
open there must be more about , they breed heaps of babies.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 13:42:32
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I am very partial to the Praying Mantis too, they are such gentle creatures.
Cheryl I forgot to say what great photo's they are just love the Mantis.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 13:53:57
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Thanks MA, could have been better, but BOY those blue bums as fast
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 14:06:27
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Have never seen blue banded ones up north , maybe they don't like the heat 
We have yellow banded.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 14:11:30
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cute new icons Gwen
This is a better mantis piccie he is having a snack break
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 14:47:24
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Cheryl I have seen that before..
Nature can be so cruel at times, all the same I know a Mantis has to eat but a Bee.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2009 : 15:01:54
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I know morth nature, was too late is was already beheaded
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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