Australian White Ibis
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Australian White Ibis

Australian White Ibis – Threskiornis molucca, Bishopp Park, Eagle Heights. It was the second such bird I have seen on the mountain. I took the photo in early January 2025, nearly five years ago to the day […]

Pink-tongued Skink
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Pink-tongued Skink

Pink-tongued Skink – Cyclodomorphus gerrardii, The Wild Garden, North Tamborine.  The pink-tongued skink occurs in coastal eastern Australia, ranging from Springwood in New South Wales to the Cairns region in Queensland.  Its colour and pattern resemble […]

Tube dwelling spider
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Tube dwelling spider

Tube-dwelling Spider – Segestriidae sp. Palm Grove National Park.  Repurposing of a habitable place which may or may not be made by an animal, is used by creatures in different parts of the world (tree hollows readily […]

Common large paper wasp
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Common large paper wasp

Common Large Paper Wasp – Polistes variabilis, house eve, North Tamborine.  This is the fourth and final paper wasp nest in my Animal Builders album.  It belongs to the same genus as the smaller wasp which […]

Brown Gerygone Nest
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Brown Gerygone Nest

This marvelously engineered nest is quite a contrast to that of the tawny frogmouth. The brown gerygone is a small, insectivorous bird which is native to eastern coastal Australia.  The nest is an oval tapered […]

Tawny Frogmouth nest
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Tawny Frogmouth nest

Tawny Frogmouth Nest – Podargus strigoides, garden, Eagle Heights.  I filmed the nest two days before I took the photo in November 2020, when there were two nestlings.  From the sublime, think willie wagtail, spectacled monarch, […]

Yellow Paper Wasp Nest
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Yellow Paper Wasp Nest 

Yellow Paper Wasp Nest – Ropalidia romandi, dwelling, Eagle Heights.  The nest consists of an outer papery layer covering horizontal rows of combs and is unlike the clusters of the other three paper wasp nests in […]

Net-casting spider
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Net-casting spider 

Net-casting spider – Menneus superciliosus, Palm Grove National Park.  As with case moth larvae, so with net-casting spiders, both are master builders.  This is the fourth species of net-casting spider I have filmed on the mountain.  […]

Leaf Case Moth Larva
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Leaf Case Moth Larva

Leaf Case Moth Larva – Hyalarcta huebneri, picket fence, Driscoll Lane.  It bears repeating that here is another mobile home, ingeniously assembled by a caterpillar.  This is the sixth case moth species in the album, half […]