Sunday, February 21, 2010

Green Ant Creek

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I think they should rename Green Ant Creek to “Ginger Alley” or “Golden Orb Spider Circuit”. The lower gorge rainforest is infested with flowering native gingers and a mesh of orb spider nets. All I can think is the spiders have worked out a system where clear air and downdrafts on a steep incline help their capture counts. The native gingers seem to like the sloping rocky soil and shady mornings as well.
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Cape York Turmeric Curcuma australasica
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Four o’clock Catepillar Dysphania numana
Leaf Stem Immpressionata
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Four o’clock Moth Dysphania numana
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Green Skimmer
Orthetrum serapia
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Mertens Water Monitor Varanus mertensi
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Nephila pilipes female and male
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Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris
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Slender GreenMantid Orthoderina dtraminea Sjostedt
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Tent Spider Cyrtophora moluccensis
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Twister
Tholymis tillarga
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Yellowfoot Fungus Microporus xanthopus
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