And Slaters Go Plop » spider http://damian.peterson.net.nz The Bloggery of Damian Peterson Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:39:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Spider with babies http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2011/02/27/spider-with-babies/ http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2011/02/27/spider-with-babies/#comments Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:21:00 +0000 Damian http://damian.peterson.net.nz/?p=699 We have spiders that we accommodate in the ceiling corners of our house because we hope they deal to rogue mosquitoes and the like. Here’s one who looks like she’s in the process of perhaps eating the remainders of the hatchery. Cute!

]]> http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2011/02/27/spider-with-babies/feed/ 8 Poecilopachys Australasiae http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2008/02/03/poecilopachys-australasiae/ http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2008/02/03/poecilopachys-australasiae/#comments Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:07:10 +0000 Damian http://damian.peterson.net.nz/2008/02/03/poecilopachys-australasiae/ Poecilopachys australasiae

Poecilopachys australasiae

I stumbled across the most bizarre-looking spider today up at our bit of land on the Kaipara Harbour. It’s a Poecilopachys Australasiae and, as the name suggests, it’s a visitor from Australia. It was guarding an enclosed web that had a spindle-shaped egg sac suspended in the middle of it. I wonder what natural selection process caused it to develop these strange features?

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