Greetings,
My family and I are back from a holiday to the wet tropics of Mission Beach, QLD. Mission Beach has long been our favourite family holiday location and it was great to have all of grown kids with us again. “Wet tropics” was an appropriate term since it rained everyday and sometimes for the entire day. Finding and photographing arthropods was difficult so I do not have nearly as many photos to share as I had hoped.
I will begin with a few habitat shots and then add arachnids and other interesting animals that I have observed on this trip.
Mission Beach
… view of Mission Beach and offshore islands from Bicton Hill. We climb this hill once or twice each day for exercise.
Dunk Island and the family group of islands:
... view of South Mission Beach area:
Murray Falls – about 45 minutes inland from Mission Beach
Spider 1: These big Orbs were everywhere. Some were absolutely huge!
Spider 2: These smaller Orbs were common and colourful:
More Orbs (I think).
Spider 3:
Spider 4:
Spider 5: A nice jewel spider. Once again, these were common spiders and found in most garden beds.
Spider 6: I unfortunately only saw this spider once. It was colourful but always on the move so it was hard to photograph.
Spider 7: I really like this one with a "mane". I have never seen a spider like this before.
Spider 8: Spider eating spider eating cricket.
Spider 9: These little jumping spiders loved ants:
Spider 10: Death of a pretty scarab:
My family and I are back from a holiday to the wet tropics of Mission Beach, QLD. Mission Beach has long been our favourite family holiday location and it was great to have all of grown kids with us again. “Wet tropics” was an appropriate term since it rained everyday and sometimes for the entire day. Finding and photographing arthropods was difficult so I do not have nearly as many photos to share as I had hoped.
I will begin with a few habitat shots and then add arachnids and other interesting animals that I have observed on this trip.
Mission Beach
… view of Mission Beach and offshore islands from Bicton Hill. We climb this hill once or twice each day for exercise.
Dunk Island and the family group of islands:
... view of South Mission Beach area:
Murray Falls – about 45 minutes inland from Mission Beach
Spider 1: These big Orbs were everywhere. Some were absolutely huge!
Spider 2: These smaller Orbs were common and colourful:
More Orbs (I think).
Spider 3:
Spider 4:
Spider 5: A nice jewel spider. Once again, these were common spiders and found in most garden beds.
Spider 6: I unfortunately only saw this spider once. It was colourful but always on the move so it was hard to photograph.
Spider 7: I really like this one with a "mane". I have never seen a spider like this before.
Spider 8: Spider eating spider eating cricket.
Spider 9: These little jumping spiders loved ants:
Spider 10: Death of a pretty scarab: