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for halloween I am
gumleaf skeletoniser
(Uraba lugens)
I made cards to hand out so people remember what I am... it reads
I am a
GUMLEAF SKELETONISER
(Uraba lugens)
This caterpillar is a common pest on eucalyptus in Australia. Every time it sheds its exoskeleton, the head portion stays attached to the top of the new head. Over time, it sheds increasingly larger exoskeleton shells, which build upon each other.
Why do they do this?
... to appear bigger and more threatening to predators.
... to provide a false target for predators to strike at.
... to deflect attacks by shaking their heads vigorously.
have you ever been a bug for Halloween? I want to know about it!!
#bugs#bugblr#insects#insect#bug#entomology#oc#caterpillar#lepidoptera#gumleaf skeletoniser#eucalyptus#gumleaf#uraba lugens
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Alternate Life – 240308ae
gumtree portrait
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Not quite the nightsky
Fencepost in Crows Nest
On my travels
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Dudeman McBaldy here represents the rank and file of specifically the Sirronan army. First he puts on his base uniform, which is what they wear around the barracks if they're not actually training. Then he'll put on his armour, which is all in bronze because Kazin hasn't figured out iron yet and like hell Raykin's letting them in on that tech. In poorer provinces, the leaf mail will instead be leather with rivets. Next he'll put on his tunic, for which the single, solitary purpose is so I don't have to draw that much leaf mail every time I draw the princes :))) This will also be where he puts on his Family Colours, which are important even when in uniform. They'll either go over or under the belt, and often army dudes will have a second set of Colours for their uniform, which will cut off at the same length as their tunic. Finally, he'll strap his breastplate over his Colours and he's ready to arm himself to the teeth.
Rank and file get a bow and quiver, a wooden shield edged in bronze and a straight, bronze kris about half a metre long, so significantly shorter than the almost a metre Raykinian blades. Making the wiggles in the kris blade takes great skill, making them more pricey, and keeping them sharp and polished takes more time and effort than a straight one, so the rank and file will most often have a straight blade. The more highly-ranked a dude is, the more wiggles he'll have on his blade.
Next is all the colours of the provincial uniforms! Haysyd is pov so they can't afford to dye their army's uniforms in anything more than ochre :( They and Sissillya have similar colours but they're on opposite sides of the empire and aren't likely to ever be at war with each other, so it's fine. Sijaaz is up in the mountains on the Llayan border, so they get grey rock and gumleaf colours. Sirrona also in the bush, so they get desaturated blue-green of gumleaves. All the bright/deep green ones are tropical because dark green leaves. The others I just gave colours so they're not going to be confused with their neighbours, with whom they're probably at war, or have been in the past.
Finally army ranks, as displayed on their breastplates. I used to have them colour-coded with steel but that doesn't work anymore cos they don't have steel, ahaha. So it's all in stripes. The Commanding Circle (of whom there are 5-9 in an army, depending on the size of the army) and the general get theirs gold plated, and everyone from colonel up gets silver in their stripes.
Additionally, and not shown here because Dudeman McBaldy is just a dude, royalty gets all the metal on their armour plated gold. Their breastplate has a peacock feather engraved into it, and another peacock feather embroidered onto the breast of their tunic and shirt. They have no power inherant with being royalty, but you still wouldn't want to piss them off. They're still related to the queen, y'know. Here are my princes to demonstrate this:
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#2080 - Ecnolagria grandis - Honeybrown Beetle
Possibly Australia's most common beetle. Surprisingly, I haven't covered them before.
Also known as the Gumleaf Skeletonizer, since that's their diet - fallen eucalyptus leaves. They'll also eat other dead leaves and fungi, in the unlikely event they run out of gumleaves. This species is common in the SE of Australia and Tasmania.
Mt. Ainsley, ACT
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Crocheter: Jill | Gumleaf Crochet and Yarn
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Featuring a kangaroo against a starry background surrounded by a gumleaf frame and glitter effects. The inside of the Christmas card is blank so you can add your own personalisd message. Card size is 5 X 6.5". Free post on this Christmas greeting card within Australia.
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I remembered this short story I read years ago, I think it's from the same series as the scoutmaster who gets liposuction and the gang who spoil a corrupt mayor's movie screening. It's about a kid who goes to stay with his grandfather, and there's a man across the way with a gumleaf whistle - my understanding is that you can fold a gumleaf in such a way that you can use it to whistle.
One night, the kid hears the whistle, and the next morning his grandfather has a bad knee. Furious, he gets out onto the patio and starts angrily whistling back. The next day, the other guy comes over and starts yelling at the kid's grandfather with a bandage over one of his eyes.
The mid is understandably confused, and after some prodding, his grandfather explains that he and the other guy used to be close friends as kids, and their respective fathers taught them about using gumleaf magic. I think their feud started when one of the kids used the gumleaf whistle and accidentally wounded the other one's grandfather to the point of dying, so now they're two old men who live out in the middle of nowhere, hating each other and wounding each other with gumleaf magic.
The conflict escalates between the two old men to the point of physical violence, and the kid hides away - where he finds a gumleaf. He folds it crudely into the shape of a whistle and begins to blow on it, getting some warped, jagged notes. His grandfather and the other guy start screaming in agony, but the kid keeps whistling until they both fall silent.
Pretty sure that's the end of the story, too.
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Gumleaves – 221214ae
red, white and green portrait
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My love is full of summertime,
With doves a-swing in lilac trees,
And magpies thick as summer leaves,
Singing a fine, full-throated ease.
The gold-white sunlight, thick as milk
All through the silent leaves lies spilt,
The summer birds dart, blue as silk.
My love is full of summertime.
My love is full of summertime
When all things come to their full grace,
And tough and tender time can trace
Rough-fingered on a lover’s face.
Wisdom and Death an old man knows.
Life weds with death and dear it grows
Like the slow dropping of the rose.
My love is full of summertime.
My love is full of summertime
Across the hills watsonias climb
Pink as a cloud to turn men blind
With all the passion ever rhymed.
And bees buzz deep in waxy cells,
And children’s voices echo spells
Nostalgic as the cattle-bells.
My love is full of summertime.
My love is full of summertime,
Crammed to the top and brimming over
With smell of gumleaf and cut clover
I am in love like any lover.
Oh! time’s tall clock ticks in my ear,
I count the days, I count the year
And all to make you yet more dear.
My love is full of summertime.
My Love is Full of Summertime by Dorothy Hewett
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Thank you for entertaining us Olivia. R.I.P. Your characters have become part of our culture...how rare is that. You are loved. Australians in Hollywood are called the gumleaf or koala Mafia. You must have been one of the first, # Olivia Newton John
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does any one know what these beautiful things are? they are on a bluegum leaf.....
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etsyfindoftheday | 9.29.19
australian hardwood serving boards by manualartsdept
gumleaf wooden board
planku wooden board
punch up your next party spread with a rad wooden serving board by australian etsy seller manualartsdept — layer charcuterie and cheeses, grapes and figs, almonds and spreads for a delectable and gram-worthy tablescape.
#manualartsdept#serving board#serve board#wooden board#etsy#etsy.com#wood#wooden#serveware#serving#australia#made in australia#aussie#australian#hard wood#hardwood#gumleaf#gum leaf#leaf#rectangle#woodgrain#wood grain#party food#tablescape#charcuterie#charcuterie board#cheese board#cheese#nom nom nom
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Gumleaf pendant and chain
(circa 1914)
Mildred Creed
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