Posted in Other creatures on Dec 30th, 2007
I’ve been trying to get a decent photo of a leaf-curling spider, but as yet haven’t been happy with any of my efforts. However, while I was looking for them the other morning I found this Enamelled Spider, Araneus bradleyi. As usual it was the wrong way around, and while the shots of its underside [...]
Posted in Other creatures on Dec 30th, 2007
I was just reading through Bert Brunet’s excellent book on spiders, and found a reference to the tachinid fly, Senostoma longipes, which lays its eggs on spiders. On hatching, the larvae burrow in and consume their host. I blogged about this fly in February 2006, and in fact we had one come into the house [...]
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