Ian Smith
@ecologian.bsky.social
Anthropic landscape ecology, building natural capital, and entomology.
Social media director of Australian Entomological Society. 🇦🇺🐜🌿
Social media director of Australian Entomological Society. 🇦🇺🐜🌿
Indigenous flowers in my garden.
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Indigenous flowers in my garden.
If you are looking for something to do this weekend, now's the time to go for a nature walk and see the wild flowers
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If you are looking for something to do this weekend, now's the time to go for a nature walk and see the wild flowers
My indigenous garden is starting to gain attention! Hopefully this blue tongue will help remove all the snails.
October 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My indigenous garden is starting to gain attention! Hopefully this blue tongue will help remove all the snails.
Not sure what insect did these holes, how interesting.
October 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Not sure what insect did these holes, how interesting.
Anyone know what this plant is? 2 plants came from one tubestock and I can't recall what I brought.
October 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Anyone know what this plant is? 2 plants came from one tubestock and I can't recall what I brought.
Common halfband hoverfly attracted to the indigenous cut leaf daisy.
Good for the garden as pollinator and preditor of aphids.
Good for the garden as pollinator and preditor of aphids.
October 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Common halfband hoverfly attracted to the indigenous cut leaf daisy.
Good for the garden as pollinator and preditor of aphids.
Good for the garden as pollinator and preditor of aphids.
This puzzle sucks.
September 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This puzzle sucks.
How you can tell your soil has lots of insect activity. #birdsbeingbirds
September 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
How you can tell your soil has lots of insect activity. #birdsbeingbirds
My article I wrote for HortInsights is now published in their spring edition:
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September 17, 2025 at 5:21 AM
My article I wrote for HortInsights is now published in their spring edition:
www.linkedin.com/company/aust...
www.linkedin.com/company/aust...
Melbourne Airport, are we sure Icarus is the best statue for an airport? Like if I recall the ending of the legend correctly...
August 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Melbourne Airport, are we sure Icarus is the best statue for an airport? Like if I recall the ending of the legend correctly...
Light brown apple moths are out. (and my grapevine doesn't even have leaves yet)
August 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Light brown apple moths are out. (and my grapevine doesn't even have leaves yet)
Helped out a primary school tree planting event, some kids asked about beetle larvae they found and I told explained. This cemented me as the contact point for all insects and when they left, the feedback of the day was insects were the best part... Didn't mean to hijack the environmental message 😅
August 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Helped out a primary school tree planting event, some kids asked about beetle larvae they found and I told explained. This cemented me as the contact point for all insects and when they left, the feedback of the day was insects were the best part... Didn't mean to hijack the environmental message 😅
Now to work out how to flavour/preserve them.
August 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Now to work out how to flavour/preserve them.
My olive harvest actually turned out well. Surprise surprise.
August 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
My olive harvest actually turned out well. Surprise surprise.
Wattles are starting to bloom and I saw my first hoverfly of the season, spring is getting close. The ant is Chelaner kiliani, the 6th genus of ant I've found in my suburban backyard (7th if you include alates).
August 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Wattles are starting to bloom and I saw my first hoverfly of the season, spring is getting close. The ant is Chelaner kiliani, the 6th genus of ant I've found in my suburban backyard (7th if you include alates).
Apparently if you store okonomiyaki batter in the fridge overnight when using red cabbage, you end up with the most off putting vivid blue okonomiyaki 😂
August 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Apparently if you store okonomiyaki batter in the fridge overnight when using red cabbage, you end up with the most off putting vivid blue okonomiyaki 😂
Went with the Cattleman (got it 19 years ago!) the band had shrunk so found a milliner in the city who is approved by akubra.
Need to look stranger than wearing a hat to gain any attention in the cbd, let alone jumped.
Need to look stranger than wearing a hat to gain any attention in the cbd, let alone jumped.
August 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Went with the Cattleman (got it 19 years ago!) the band had shrunk so found a milliner in the city who is approved by akubra.
Need to look stranger than wearing a hat to gain any attention in the cbd, let alone jumped.
Need to look stranger than wearing a hat to gain any attention in the cbd, let alone jumped.
Way to good a nick to fool anyone outside the start of the 110km zone. 😅
August 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Way to good a nick to fool anyone outside the start of the 110km zone. 😅
Critically endangered Spiny Rice-flower. A plant that flowers in mid winter.
July 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Critically endangered Spiny Rice-flower. A plant that flowers in mid winter.
Top revegetation work here. Scalped all the native tussock grass to plant back in some native tussock grass.
July 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Top revegetation work here. Scalped all the native tussock grass to plant back in some native tussock grass.
I ask because I used threaded wall anchors to turn mine into coat hangers 😂
June 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I ask because I used threaded wall anchors to turn mine into coat hangers 😂
One of the best parking spots in Victoria.
June 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
One of the best parking spots in Victoria.
