Kristi Ellingsen
@kristiellingsen.bsky.social
She/her Nature focused, newly-ex science teacher. Run https://tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/ Love being out with a very silly big black dog and a camera. Interested in politics, books, gardening, nature, and pretty much anything that requires an opinion.
This is another Perth, Western Aus #spider. Tasmania has lots of this common peacock spider, Maratus pavonis, but the Tas version is much rounder and a lot smaller. They are equally cute though. This male had decided to wander through the kitchen of our flat. #invertebrates
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This is another Perth, Western Aus #spider. Tasmania has lots of this common peacock spider, Maratus pavonis, but the Tas version is much rounder and a lot smaller. They are equally cute though. This male had decided to wander through the kitchen of our flat. #invertebrates
Beeflies look like tiny bees but are actually the cutest flies ever. This one is gold dusted and perfectly coordinated with the trigger plant flower it was sitting on. Wandoo NP, Western Australia. #fly #invertebrate
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Beeflies look like tiny bees but are actually the cutest flies ever. This one is gold dusted and perfectly coordinated with the trigger plant flower it was sitting on. Wandoo NP, Western Australia. #fly #invertebrate
Pleeeeeaaaassse let them do this (after Sunday). The video from 55 years ago is one of my absolute favourites. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Shire suggests blowing up dead whale as alternative to expensive disposal
A coastal shire in WA suggests towing a rotting whale carcass out to sea and blowing it up, saying it cannot afford to dispose of the whale itself.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Pleeeeeaaaassse let them do this (after Sunday). The video from 55 years ago is one of my absolute favourites. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa
Everyone loves a jewel #beetle. This is Castiarina picta, which seems locally abundant but I think may be only found in Western Australia. #insect #buprestidae #invertebrate
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Everyone loves a jewel #beetle. This is Castiarina picta, which seems locally abundant but I think may be only found in Western Australia. #insect #buprestidae #invertebrate
This is slow TV but I’m missing my dogs. After breakfast & romping, Musty & Nessa like to play “share the bone shard”. This involves having a chew, then passing it back & forward. Usually many passes happen, but Musty got distracted. It’s a lovely down-time ritual to watch.
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This is slow TV but I’m missing my dogs. After breakfast & romping, Musty & Nessa like to play “share the bone shard”. This involves having a chew, then passing it back & forward. Usually many passes happen, but Musty got distracted. It’s a lovely down-time ritual to watch.
I'm back in WA at the moment. Unlike their Tasmanian counterparts, these beautiful native cockroaches come out and sunbake on leaves during the day. Invasive cockroaches give them all such a bad name. The native Australian varieties are like little works of art. Ellipsidion australe
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I'm back in WA at the moment. Unlike their Tasmanian counterparts, these beautiful native cockroaches come out and sunbake on leaves during the day. Invasive cockroaches give them all such a bad name. The native Australian varieties are like little works of art. Ellipsidion australe
Reposted by Kristi Ellingsen
Today the Tas Govt officially binned the Planning Commission’s damning report into the proposed Mac Pt AFL stadium. But if the knuckleheads actually knew anything about ‘future prosperity’, they’d be focussed instead on essential infrastructure and services #auspol #politas
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Hobart had a big hail dump mid afternoon today.
September 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Hobart had a big hail dump mid afternoon today.
Norway placing value on its natural resources to greatly benefit its community. What a wild idea 🙄
There it is folks: the betrayal (resources sell out) of the Australian people. Lucianne Tonti’s Norway comparisons are instructive. 👇👇
August 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Norway placing value on its natural resources to greatly benefit its community. What a wild idea 🙄
Lots of Tasmanians at the Nationwide March for Palestine in Nipaluna/Hobart today.
August 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Lots of Tasmanians at the Nationwide March for Palestine in Nipaluna/Hobart today.
This has kept me busy while my camera lens slowly died & then began its 4 months of touring Australia to be fixed (I hope).
"True Bugs by Colour" is now up and running after a year of preparation. We have around 250 named species of Hemiptera and they are now sorted into a rainbow of shades. We hope it helps you track down the name of one of your locals!
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tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com/hexapoda/ins...
True Bugs by Colour
True bugs (Hemiptera) come in a huge diversity of body forms; from flat looking blobs to metallic beetle like insects. They all have sucking mouthparts. Click on the colours that are closest to the ...
tasmanianinsectfieldguide.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This has kept me busy while my camera lens slowly died & then began its 4 months of touring Australia to be fixed (I hope).
Reposted by Kristi Ellingsen
Who would be THIS dumb? 🙋 🤦Two words we need to learn how to say to corporate tax bludgers. What do you reckon they are?
August 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Who would be THIS dumb? 🙋 🤦Two words we need to learn how to say to corporate tax bludgers. What do you reckon they are?
Reposted by Kristi Ellingsen
Right, ok, @albomp.bsky.social, this is open corruption, if true. What are you going to do?
Hi, @unesco.org, going to let this slide?
Hi, @unesco.org, going to let this slide?
The chief statistician of the Woodside funded report used by the Australian Government to lobby the UN to drop safeguards protecting Murujuga from Woodside’s acid gas emissions says the WA government doctored the report.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Gagged scientist speaks out over WA government's claims in rock art report
A leading scientist expresses "grave concern" about "unacceptable interference" in a major study of the impacts of industrial emissions on ancient Aboriginal rock carvings.
www.abc.net.au
July 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Right, ok, @albomp.bsky.social, this is open corruption, if true. What are you going to do?
Hi, @unesco.org, going to let this slide?
Hi, @unesco.org, going to let this slide?
Kunanyi/ Mount Wellington. Hobart, Tasmania absolutely stunning this morning.
July 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Kunanyi/ Mount Wellington. Hobart, Tasmania absolutely stunning this morning.
Let’s hope that the newly elected Tasmanian politicians can focus on collaboration skills & not just mindlessly parrot party/sponsorship lines. It would be lovely too if they don’t leave our children with decades of debt & filthy land/air & water. Fingers crossed.
July 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Let’s hope that the newly elected Tasmanian politicians can focus on collaboration skills & not just mindlessly parrot party/sponsorship lines. It would be lovely too if they don’t leave our children with decades of debt & filthy land/air & water. Fingers crossed.
Reposted by Kristi Ellingsen
When you’re voting today, Tasmanians, don’t just think about the Liberals’ stadium and ferry scandals, please also consider the Ashley detention centre and many child protection/abuse scandals. #politas
July 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
When you’re voting today, Tasmanians, don’t just think about the Liberals’ stadium and ferry scandals, please also consider the Ashley detention centre and many child protection/abuse scandals. #politas
Wow! Just in case anyone else has put a cat hammock in a sunny window (as every hammock buyer would). Here are our curtains smouldering! The plastic suction pads are shaped perfectly to magnify & focus the rays. A terrible design fault that will burn houses down.They need to be opaque & recalled.
July 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Wow! Just in case anyone else has put a cat hammock in a sunny window (as every hammock buyer would). Here are our curtains smouldering! The plastic suction pads are shaped perfectly to magnify & focus the rays. A terrible design fault that will burn houses down.They need to be opaque & recalled.
Life is tough on a dark & gloomy winter’s day…..until the heated blanket gets turned on…
July 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Life is tough on a dark & gloomy winter’s day…..until the heated blanket gets turned on…
The promise of another balmy winter’s day. Hobart, Tasmania.
June 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The promise of another balmy winter’s day. Hobart, Tasmania.
June 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tas has another election coming up. I hope there are a lot of independents/Greens running that don’t support the stadium. Nobody who is prepared to be so irresponsible with public money (that we don’t have) has leadership qualities. This is not about hobbies & fun. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
'Not giving it up for anything': Tasmanian Labor leader firm on stadium
The leaders of both of Tasmania's major political parties double down on their support for the proposed Macquarie Point stadium as an early election appears likely.
www.abc.net.au
June 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Tas has another election coming up. I hope there are a lot of independents/Greens running that don’t support the stadium. Nobody who is prepared to be so irresponsible with public money (that we don’t have) has leadership qualities. This is not about hobbies & fun. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
In today’s mail. Not only is Madeleine Ogilvie quick off the mark, but she’s also rich with Liberal “commitments”.
"on the reverse of this letter are the commitments to Clark Electorate that are in this year's budget." #taspol
"on the reverse of this letter are the commitments to Clark Electorate that are in this year's budget." #taspol
June 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
In today’s mail. Not only is Madeleine Ogilvie quick off the mark, but she’s also rich with Liberal “commitments”.
"on the reverse of this letter are the commitments to Clark Electorate that are in this year's budget." #taspol
"on the reverse of this letter are the commitments to Clark Electorate that are in this year's budget." #taspol
My daughter is starting up a pet/person/insect/you name it/ portrait service to fill up her time as she finishes her uni degree. I love this one of my son & Pepper the cat. If you want a personalised pic, her contacts are here: www.instagram.com/nipaluna.pet...
June 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My daughter is starting up a pet/person/insect/you name it/ portrait service to fill up her time as she finishes her uni degree. I love this one of my son & Pepper the cat. If you want a personalised pic, her contacts are here: www.instagram.com/nipaluna.pet...