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Category Archives: Spiders
The silence in the forest
Walking along the tracks of Lord Howe Island’s palm forests was a strange experience. All I could hear was the wind through the palm leaves, the sea and the occasional rustle. At home when I hear rustling, it’ll be a … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Lizards, Molluscs, Spiders, Travels
Tagged Birds, island biodiversity, land snails, Lord Howe Island, molluscs, Spiders
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Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (part 2)
Continued from part 1 (Apologies for the blurry nature of some photos – it was getting dark towards the end of the afternoon and bars got in the way with some birds.) The sanctuary has many birds on display, such … Continue reading
Insect days
The warm and sunny autumn days of the last couple of weeks (until yesterday) have brought out the insects. The birds were probably very pleased when the rain stopped and they could get a decent feed. I found a stick … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Lizards, Spiders
Tagged dragonflies, eastern water dragon, Spiders, stick insect, wild tobacco spinted bug
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Spiders attempt a white Christmas
It’s not exactly Christmas, but a blanket of white has covered some parts of dry land in the flooded district of Wagga Wagga in Victoria southern New South Wales [oops, thanks for the correction, Martin – still, it’s not as … Continue reading
Posted in Animals on land, Spiders
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Where angels fear to tread
The male St Andrew’s cross spider (Argiope keyserlingii, slightly out of focus in the background behind the female) is taking his life in his pedipalps. This one did all the classic things – stayed behind well back behind the female, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals on land, Spiders
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