One small place on earth

Small-eyed Net-casting Spider – Avella despiciens, The Knoll National Park.  This is a wonderful example of the web-spinning skill and ingenuity of a spider.  It takes full advantage of its eight legs. The two hind legs […]

Tamborine Mountain Trapdoor Spider – Euoplos variabilis, Joalah National Park.  The frame shows the exquisite geometry of the trap door. It is hard to credit that a spider is capable of constructing a lid of earth […]