Mar 31, 2024
night falls on a large female Eriophora, who waits in the centre of her freshly spun web for flying insects.
Garden Orb Weaver Spider, female (Eriophora sp.).
seen from Türkiye
seen from Italy
seen from Malaysia
seen from Singapore
seen from Singapore
seen from Russia
seen from Argentina
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from India
seen from Argentina
seen from China
seen from Malaysia
seen from Argentina
seen from United States
seen from Singapore
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Italy
seen from Germany
night falls on a large female Eriophora, who waits in the centre of her freshly spun web for flying insects.
Garden Orb Weaver Spider, female (Eriophora sp.).
The Great ACT-NSW-NZ Trip, 2023-2024 - Mascot
We'd planned, while in Sydney, to meet the rest of my family there, This didn't happen - bloody virus. Instead we spent two days at hotels near the airport. I did, at least, walk through some of the tiny reserves near the first hotel - the parks nearer the airport were very dissapointing as far as species go.
Dew drops caught in the web.
Eriophora transmarina, “Australian Garden Orbweaver”
03/04/21
#Repost @wannabe_entomologist ・・・ The GORGEOUS Eriophora Garden Orb Weaver I found this morning. One very fat, (hopefully pregnant) girl. Biggest one I’ve ever seen. I haven’t found this species as a whole to be aggressive, although I have encountered one feisty one in the past. Their venom is not medically significant. Hence the reason I’m holding it. 😉 ** To use this video in a commercial player or in broadcasts, please email [email protected]** #spider #spiders #arachnid #gardenorb #eriophora #australianspiders #arachnophobia #nature #naturelovers #naturelover #love #entomology #biology #zoology #arachnology #australia #instagram #scarystuff #bugs
The Great ACT-NSW-NZ Trip, 2023-2024 - Gundagai
AYArktos' photo from Wiki, since I was too busy looking for insects around the place to photograph the statue.
Gundagai is a small town on the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne, and site of the famous Dog on the Tuckerbox, from a doggeral poem written at least as early as 1857. The bullock team driver in the poem was not having a good day, and the poem was considered quite rude even without the popular variations with an added 'h'
And the dog sat on the tuckerbox five miles from Gundagai.
@purrdence and I hadn't planned on stopping there - we'd originally intended to catch the train from Wagga Wagga to Sydney. But we didn't want to infect anybody with COVID.
#1996 - Socca sp.
Probably S. pustulosa, which until 2021 was Eriophora pustulosa.
The new genus of mid-sized orbweavers includes Socca arena, Socca plaia, and Socca johnnywarreni. Johnny Warren was an Australian Association Football player and coach. If you've noticed a certain theme here, you'd be right. Happily enough, there's 12 species, which is enough for a full team. Presumably Socca levyashin, named after Soviet footballer Lev Yashin - the “Black Spider” - would be goalkeeper. Although that species may already be extinct.
2025
Peter Watts
Eriophora