Biodiversity and ecology in the Australian bush
A large, lone spider astride a twig catches my eye with its near-perfect symmetry. Delena cancerides (‘social huntsman’) - male

A large, lone spider astride a twig catches my eye with its near-perfect symmetry.

Delena cancerides (‘social huntsman’) - male

12:55am Wolf spiders are mobile hunters. This one has taken a large sugar ant. Venator spenceri (wolf spider)

12:55am

Wolf spiders are mobile hunters. This one has taken a large sugar ant.

Venator spenceri (wolf spider)

1:45am Mobile they might be, but this feeding wolfie wasn’t going far. Nearly an hour after I first spied her, she was still in the same patch of forest floor … and still with a mouthful of ant. Venator spenceri (wolf spider)

1:45am

Mobile they might be, but this feeding wolfie wasn’t going far. Nearly an hour after I first spied her, she was still in the same patch of forest floor … and still with a mouthful of ant.

Venator spenceri (wolf spider)

No prizes for guessing … this one a common orb weaver. She has just started to construct her web. The supporting lines are in place. The next steps will be to weave the spiral. Hortophora (garden orb-weaver)

No prizes for guessing … this one a common orb weaver. She has just started to construct her web. The supporting lines are in place. The next steps will be to weave the spiral.

Hortophora (garden orb-weaver)

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A large, lone spider astride a twig catches my eye with its near-perfect symmetry. Delena cancerides (‘social huntsman’) - male
12:55am Wolf spiders are mobile hunters. This one has taken a large sugar ant. Venator spenceri (wolf spider)
1:45am Mobile they might be, but this feeding wolfie wasn’t going far. Nearly an hour after I first spied her, she was still in the same patch of forest floor … and still with a mouthful of ant. Venator spenceri (wolf spider)
No prizes for guessing … this one a common orb weaver. She has just started to construct her web. The supporting lines are in place. The next steps will be to weave the spiral. Hortophora (garden orb-weaver)