Arachnids and Insects, by request.

Gryphonn · Apr 23, 2008

We go caving whenever we get the chance. Often, we come across snakes, masses of cave moths and spiders, as well as bats. This is a huntsman we saw one day. This species of huntsman spends most of its life inside caves, rarely needing to come out into sunlight due to the amount of insects it can find just inside the entrance to most caves.

Seamaiden · Apr 23, 2008

Wow...

Gryphonn said:
These pics explain why they're called 'Golden Orb' Weavers. It's the same photo, just different cropping and aspects.

IN-FREAKING-CREDIBLE photography, Gryph, I love it.

Gryphonn · Apr 23, 2008

Seamaiden said:
Wow...

IN-FREAKING-CREDIBLE photography, Gryph, I love it.

Many thank-yous from my lady and myself Seamaiden... :mrgreen:

. We're glad you like 'em. If there are any there that you'd like a bigger pic of, private message me and I might be able to email you one.

fdd2blk · Apr 23, 2008

i made it all the way to the cave spider then i got the heebie jeebies. that cave spider is just freaky.

Gryphonn · Apr 23, 2008

Hehe, glad you liked 'em FDD. I just wish I had a pic of a Mouse Eating Spider. They're our version of a Tarantula, but I'm yet to find one. Where we're staying at the moment is supposed to have a large population of Funnel webs, but I haven't found one of them yet either...oh, but I do have a couple of pics of Red-Backs. They're much the same as the Black Widow, except they have a Red stripe on their back. I'll hunt it down and post it...

Tokesalot · Apr 23, 2008

Here's some of my favorite diplopods!

Gryphonn · Apr 24, 2008

How big are these Tokesalot? The ones we have over here only grow about five centimetres (two inches) long. I saw one on some cable show last week from the States that was at least 18 inches!

Tokesalot · Apr 24, 2008

I have one that is 16 inches right now :blsmoke:

she's a monster. She eats every home I give her :/ they love cedar :peace:

fdd2blk · Apr 24, 2008

i found this one day at a local park. we have a lot of them here. it's a cell phone pic, sorry.

fdd2blk · Apr 25, 2008

i did some yard work today. i found a few things.

i see these guys running everywhere thru my lawn. if i see one i usually see a dozen. they seem to travel in packs. this one is carrying it's eggs along with it.

this is an alligator lizard. my cats bring them in the house sometimes. they never kill them though.

we have some of these that are brown and don't have the red markings. they are not the same. i finally found a real one today. i haven't seen a real one in a while. this one was just a young one. i've seen them with bodies as big as nickels.

black widow spider ........

Seamaiden · Apr 25, 2008

Wow, creature adventures abound. Nothing I've managed to catch in a photograph just yet over here, but things are warming up.

Gryphonn · Apr 27, 2008

Hi FDD and Seamaiden and anyone else lurking.

This is the Red-Back Spider I promised. Looks very much like the Black Widow. These also have the Red on the base of the abdomen, but also have the Red on the back. Sometimes they get big, and the Red can be extremely bright, or Orange. The males are Brown and slightly smaller.

Gryphonn · Apr 27, 2008

This is a classic Huntsman Spider. The pic isn't the best 'cause the buggers move pretty quick, and it's a small one. The adults can be an inch or more long in the body and the legs, well, you can see how long they be just by looking at this one. This one is in its standard pose when it's not alarmed. They tend to stretch there legs out when in a semi-defensive pose to look larger.

Gryphonn · Apr 27, 2008

And now for something completely different. We were doing some cleaning up around the paddock yesterday and came across half a dozen of these little fellas. The one in the pic on the tree is an adult, about six inches long.

It is a Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko. Their range is fairly restricted and we live in the Northern most part of their range. The one on my hand was another one. It shows the velvety skin better.

Gryphonn · Apr 27, 2008

FDD, I was hoping I could find a big one of these, but so far no luck. This is about three or four inches long and was moving pretty fast, hence the blurry pics. These little buggers bite if stirred up too much and cause considerable pain. Was the one you showed a youngster? These don't get their colour for a while. When they're young, they're a dark green colour.

Seamaiden · Apr 27, 2008

Gryphonn said:
And now for something completely different. We were doing some cleaning up around the paddock yesterday and came across half a dozen of these little fellas. The one in the pic on the tree is an adult, about six inches long.

It is a Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko. Their range is fairly restricted and we live in the Northern most part of their range. The one on my hand was another one. It shows the velvety skin better.

Nice! I guess I could get some shots of Yoshi, our Afghani leopard gecko. He's OLD.

InvaderMark · Apr 27, 2008

i was watching man vs wild on discovery the other day. he was in the australian outback and he ate what he called a crusafix spider? (sp?) called that because it sits with its legs in groups of 2 to look like a cross. pretty gross. i wouldnt eat it.

fdd2blk · Apr 27, 2008

Gryphonn said:
FDD, I was hoping I could find a big one of these, but so far no luck. This is about three or four inches long and was moving pretty fast, hence the blurry pics. These little buggers bite if stirred up too much and cause considerable pain. Was the one you showed a youngster? These don't get their colour for a while. When they're young, they're a dark green colour.

the one in my pics is average sized. i love all your pics. :mrgreen:

Gryphonn · Apr 27, 2008

InvaderMark said:
i was watching man vs wild on discovery the other day. he was in the australian outback and he ate what he called a crusafix spider? (sp?) called that because it sits with its legs in groups of 2 to look like a cross. pretty gross. i wouldnt eat it.

Have a look in this thread for the St Andrews Cross spider. Was it one of those?

Psychedelics and Chronic · Jan 29, 2009

fdd2blk said:
i'm in. i'll go turn over boards for this thread.

an ugly one. i found it under a paving stone. it's body looked wet and squishy. it's legs are really long but i couldn't get a pic of them strecthed out. it ran too fast.
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Umm... Is it just me or is this spider giving you the finger? You disturbed his nap

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