For a period of time over Christmas and New Year I shared the kitchen bench with a huntsman spider. A small one. It seemed to like the compost bucket and I imagined it was eating the tiny flies that hover in there, providing an ‘ecosystem service’. Sometimes it would be at the other end of… Continue reading Living with…huntsmen
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Spiders and crickets
Last year there was mainly leaf curling spiders, not just here in the garden but also up on Summerfield in the Hunter Valley. This year the leaf curling spiders are gone and the orb weavers are back. They spin huge webs. They sit at the centre, mainly at night. During the day they often hide… Continue reading Spiders and crickets