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Insects

By Hannah Grace, Ocean Shores
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I looked at a couple of stunning insect pictures in a lovely photography book by Jean Paul Ferrero. 

Recently I saw a huge flock of white butterflies, but other than that the book made me realise that I see very few insects around now. 

When I was a kid in inner Sydney and also the nearby suburbs, we had a good variety of insects including praying mantis, dragonflies, rhinoceros beetles, elephant beetles and, around December/January, an assortment of beautiful multicoloured iridescent Christmas beetles. 

Are they still around or have we poisoned them all?

Happy Christmas. 

Hannah Grace, Ocean Shores

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