Two female Hypoblemums to begin, first Hypoblemum scutulatum.

Face on.

Hypoblemum griseum, this female has prey, possibly a smaller jumping spider.

The garden red gums are strongholds of small spiders in the Theridiidae family, the first image shows a female with a clutch of spiderlings, click to enlarge. The second shows another individual at her retreat of a loose piece of bark.

An orb weaver nicely camouflaged also at its loose bark daytime retreat.

The rotary clothes hoist is a popular base from which orb weavers suspend their webs. With a camouflaged retreat hard to find this peg was the best option.

Flatties like to stay close to their crack homes, like this Holoplatys species.

Not so Helpis minitibunda, a widely roaming jumper.

Opisthoncus necator has become quite common, even to the point of hitching a ride on one’s arm where it found the going fairly difficult. Click to enlarge.

Time for a bush trip and The Insolvent Track was the choice. The first stop was at a patch of flowering Xerochrysum bracteatum, with a Painted Lady, Vanessa kershawi in attendance.

The track is remote from water but dragonflies were very abundant, a welcome sight. Further up the track Clustered Everlastings, Chrysocephalum semipapposum came into view, popular with Common Grass Blues, Zizina labradus.

Although the spring flowering is largely over there was still plenty of colour, plenty of Grass Trigger Plants, Stylidium graminifolium caught the eye, and on another stop, Bluebells, Wahlenbergia species were most attractive.

On the return trip a stop was made at some flowering Burgan. At one time this plant was known as Leptospermum phylicoides, it then became Kunzea ericoides which subsequently was determined to be a New Zealand plant, and at the moment it has been divided into five species with research continuing. The white flowers were very popular with a range of insects, especially a small Clerid beetle, Eleale pulcher.

A wait of a few minutes gave this Beefly, Aleucosia species time to choose a flower and settle to begin feeding.

And then a small highlight, a beautiful Jewel Beetle, Castiarina sexplagiata gave a brief opportunity for a photograph before it flew off .

Another nice sighting were plants of the Satin Everlasting, Helichrysum leucopsideum.

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