Chinese mountain pit viper
the liphistius guy

Chinese mountain pit viper

Found at a campsite.
We had to get the ranger to come and remove it from the campsite, as it was moving around tents near a walking path.
Sometimes a similar thing happens in Aus with lace monitors trying to inspect tents for food, but they are very challenging to capture and relocate due to their size
 
We thankfully don't have that problem in Melbourne! We've got a lot of roos though.
I'm in Wonthaggi (2 hours south east of Melbourne), and can definitely confirm the roos are crazy down this end. But back up in Northern Rivers, the lace monitors were quite frequent guests to tourist tents haha
 
I'm in Wonthaggi (2 hours south east of Melbourne), and can definitely confirm the roos are crazy down this end. But back up in Northern Rivers, the lace monitors were quite frequent guests to tourist tents haha
Melbourne is a bit of a boring place for large "interesting" creatures. The best thing their are the spiders. :)
 
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Melbourne is a bit of a boring place for large "interesting" creatures. The best thing their are the spiders. :)
Definitely, you'll be happy know there have been 2 Cataxia species found in this general area, 1 by me in Wilson's Promontory and another much more surprising one in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. No idea how a reasonably large Idiopid has stayed hidden so long in the city
 
Next time i'm their i'll have to look into that! I'm living in Thailand at the moment, actually, sort of in the jungle, so lots of tarantulas and trappies and other cool guys (i've had a lot more success finding spiders here than in Mel). :)
 
Sometimes a similar thing happens in Aus with lace monitors trying to inspect tents for food, but they are very challenging to capture and relocate due to their size
I wish I had lace monitors that go to peoples tents, all there is in the US is super annoying raccoons. But that’s probably just because I like reptiles.
 

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