The creepy crawly thread.....

[Vic Balshaw]

Maybe there planning to take over your house, maybe the world!

 

[mikewint]

Bill, but note up here critters attack critters, down under the target is the humans, i.e. Inland Taipan, Box Jelly-fish, funnel web spiders, etc

 

[GrauGeist]

Here's a couple from last July

A Damselfly

And a "Hoverfly" which is actually a voracious predator (of small things) and is roughly 10mm in length

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great Dragonfly!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent shots Dave. The Damselfly rocks. Just cause I don't see many around here that color.

 

[Gnomey]

Great shots Dave!

 

[Wayne Little]

Great shots Dave!

 

[ontos]

Beautiful shots my friend.

 

[Clave]

Damselflies are amazing - they are the F-104 Starfighter to the dragonfly's F-4 Phantom - both awesome, but fat and thin...

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I got two today. both underwater critters.

 

[GrauGeist]

Great shot of that Crawdad!

Pretty good-sized rascal, from the looks of it...

 

[GrauGeist]

An old, tattered Pipevine Swallowtail...but he's still right there in the game with the rest of 'em

 

[Wayne Little]

NICE!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thanks Dave, I was using my 50mm prime lens on both shots. The fish was just to far away.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[parsifal]

Couple of great shots between you Dave and Mike.

You may recall my posting some of these a few weeks ago. It's the same spider in the same web but looking about ready to hatch a couple million little ones. I have a lavender hedge just below her which is now in need of a trim, but this has to wait until after the hatching. For size, she is about 6cm legs extended with a body of about 2cm. You can also see that she has a huge web extending from out front door veranda across the yard to the flowering cherry and crab apple trees.

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Hi Vic

This looks like a female golden orb weaver to me. The golden orb weavers are one of the largest spiders found in Australia.
Their webs with diameters of over 1 meter can be found hanging off sign posts, in or between trees.
Female spiders can measure up to 45 mm while the smaller males measure only 6 mm. The male is often found in or around the web of the female.
Beside the male and the female boarders resides in the web. They are called quicksilver, dewdrop or droplet spider (Argyrodes antipodianus)
because their silvery body shines like drops of water in the sun.

If you look closely at the web you can notice that the snares have a golden color. The web is extremely strong. So strong that even small birds stick in the net.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great shots!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Took a four mile hike with some friends and got these today. Had a lot fun.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice ones. What the heck is that in the water?

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Andy, I think it's frog eggs but I am not sure. If you look above my name you can see the larva inside the tube of jell.