Showcase Australia

Category: Spiders

  • Let us prey…

    Let us prey…

    Author Koh Lin ◦ I would love to tell you a tale… not any tail… in fact I am not sure what lizard tail this is, but I am thinking that the lizard got away by the skin of it’s… Continue reading

  • There’s more than size, when opposite attracts

    There’s more than size, when opposite attracts

    Author Koh Lin ◦ Size is not the only difference between the male and female Australian Golden Orb Weaver Spider… they actually look different. This is known as “sexual dimorphism”. As you can see here, in the world of Golden-Orb… Continue reading

  • Secrets in my garden…

    Secrets in my garden…

    Author Koh Lin ◦ As a well known phrase from a late 1960’s popular American television sitcom… “I see nothing!” That was me… and I suspect a lot of other people. With the growing interest in the natural world around… Continue reading

  • Living dangerously…

    Living dangerously…

    aka The Bee and the Spider… Author Marc Newman ◦ The drama took place on a Yellow Button (Chrysocephalum apiculatum)… It wasn’t obvious to me, until I looked back at the photos on the monitor (the photos are in time… Continue reading

  • A tangled web…

    A tangled web…

    Author Koh Lin ◦ Life can get complicated… sometimes, things do not go right… the smooth sailing has hit some turbulence… and there appears to be no way out. So it is, your life may become a tangled web… or… Continue reading