Going back over some of my older photos I came across this golden orb weaver but the background was unusually green and lush. I usually associate golden orb weavers with the arid Australian outback so what confused me for a while is that I was expecting to see muted browns as I was sure this […]
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We had just finished putting up the tree. Braced, it . Watered it. Waited a while longer and watered it again. Soon the room was filled the lovely smell of fresh pine and we stood back to admire our unadorned symbol of Christmas. Just as we we inspecting the crown we noticed that the prime […]
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When I was thirteen years old I remember being on a walk in the Flinders Ranges and walking into a great big net spread between two trees. I also remember that it did not break and I had to extricated myself from it by walking out backwards. It was the web of a Golden Orb […]
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Lurking in the garden is a beautiful creature who spins her web every night to rid us of those pesky mosquitoes. The Garden Orb Weaver is actually a collected name for several species of spiders with similar body shape and behavior. Yes she is beautiful but only from a distance as anyone who inadvertently walks […]
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