One small place on earth

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 […]

Paper Wasp Nest 2 – Polistes humilis, metal railing, Panorama Point.  This is a native wasp which is found in every Australian state except Tasmania.  Wasps have a poor reputation because of their painful sting, which […]

Dome Web Spider – Cyrtophora moluccensis, garden, Eagle Heights.  Although the spider is an orb-weaver, its web is horizontal and domed, rather than vertical. It is native to India, Japan, Indonesia and PNG, inter alia.  In […]

Brush Turkey Mound – Alectura lathami, property, North Tamborine.  I wonder how many of you have seen a turkey mound, which is solely built by the male.  It contains up to four tons of material, comprising leaf litter, […]

Tree Termites – Nasutitermes walkeri, Joalah National Park.  This arboreal termite species occurs in eastern New South Wales and much of coastal Queensland, extending to places a fair way inland.  The soldier termites have rounded heads […]

Spectacled Monarch Nest – Symposiarchus trivirgatus, the Knoll National Park.  Had we not seen the nest on a night walk, I would never have returned the next day to film it.  Fortunately, it was fairly close […]

I filmed the nest in March 2017, almost seven years to the day after I first filmed it. Then there was only a single wasp putting the finishing touches to the structure.  During the intervening […]

I filmed the nest over a four week period, during which it underwent a remarkable transformation.  The initial pile of debris was substantial, then became huge, and eventually all but vanished, having probably been blown […]