Australia, Northern Territories

Thank you.

You are welcome.

This is a dragonfly from the family Libellulidae. Neurothemis, or something. For Australia, the red-winged Neurothemis stigmatizans is indicated - perhaps this is it.

Thank you.

Temporary ones may also be suitable for them. If only the larva had time to develop. You can look for them-larvae-there.

There may be problems with searching, because during the rains the rivers flood and you can't get to the rocks with caves, there are simply no roads.

So I tried to get there six months ago, but they didn't go further than this stream, the water rose more than a meter above the road.









Magela Creek, Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. April.

The son, however, was satisfied, for four hours hung in the stream with a fishing rod.

This post was edited by Ele-W-27.09.2010 13: 28

Here's another dragonfly from the Botanic Garden, since it's already handy.

Neurothemis stigmatizans, самka.





George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, Darwin, NT, Australia. June.

This post was edited by Ele-W-28.09.2010 04: 01

  
2 nephila or krugopryad something like that.

This one I remembered, it was already defined as St Andrews Cross Spider, Argiope. We have a lot of them in the bush and on the rocks. I have taken a similar photo in another place in a beautiful web.

  
3rd skakunchik (Jumping spider) Is it hanging on a spider's web? These spiders don't weave it. Not on my side, apparently.

He was sitting in the middle of a large web. Maybe he's usurped someone's web, where all the corners and openings are braided.

7. A spider that lives at the very entrance to the cave in a fairly bright place.

Bardedjilidji Sandstone, Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. September.

In appearance, this spider, I think, is similar to Dendrolycosa icadius.



Picture taken from here.

While filming, I accidentally touched the web a little, after which the spider quickly ran away and hid. And he refused to go out flatly.



Bardedjilidji Sandstone, Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. September.

8. A spider similar to the previous one and also in the web "sleeve", only sat in a darker place and on stones of a different color.

Bardedjilidji Sandstone, Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. September.

Thank you again for the wonderful photos.
The spider from the site is similar to 7, but I can't say for sure. It builds a web, which is not typical for European species of the family. Both of them are on the web with the female's hand, and so is Skipper. Most skakunchikov small, no more than 1cm, I asked. There are several genera where the species are slightly larger.
By the way, I wrote about this site earlier.
The families are similar, especially the Dolomedes minor to the Lycosidae.
Skakunchiki usually can't quite move on someone else's web, but it was probably dense there, and not sticky.
The web of 7 and 8 is like that of spiders of the Agelenidae family, but judging by the site, they weave this and these, but I just didn't make out, there was a web with a tunnel on the site? And from the photo, it seems that the spiders are small, although on the site the size of similar ones is about 3 cm without legs. Is it possible that the spiders didn't grow up in the photo, or were they really that big?

Thank you again for the wonderful photos.

You are welcome.

Most skakunchikov small, no more than 1cm, I asked. There are several genera where the species are slightly larger.
By the way, I wrote about this site earlier.

I just saw him today.

I just saw him today.
I don't know about the stickiness, I didn't touch it, but he moved on it deftly and confidently.
No, I didn't see any tunnels on the site.
Large spiders, 2-3 cm, I can't say more precisely, I didn't have a ruler with me.

I didn't see any tunnels either, and that was what confused me.
Size then yes, this is typical of the Pisauridae family. I'm not sure that Funnel spiders (Agelenidae) are capable of growing to this size, although it may be.
By color, I also looked at what it looks like. Light or darker tones, but the drawing is the same - it may just be intraspecific variability.

There is not the same one, but it is exactly the same. They fly in all our parks and in the city too (in the Botanical Garden).

Yes, this is it - Neurothemis stigmatizans, there is no doubt now. The photo shows a male. Thank you for the photo, it's always nice to see dragonflies.

Here's another dragonfly from the Botanic Garden, since it's already handy. :)George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens, Darwin, NT, Australia. June.

You will be surprised, but it is the same species, Neurothemis stigmatizans, only a female.

I didn't see any tunnels either, and that was what confused me.

This is the first time I've seen such tunnels, and only in this place. And on the site, the spiders were shot in a different national park, where the microclimate is different and the vegetation is different. There I have never seen webs of considerable size on the rocks, there is always everything on the trees-horizontal webs and tent webs.

Yes, this is it - Neurothemis stigmatizans, there is no doubt now. The photo shows a male. Thank you for the photo, it's always nice to see dragonflies.

Thank you for identifying me!

You will be surprised, but it is the same species, Neurothemis stigmatizans, only a female.

This is really-amazing! They are so different that I would never have thought of one view.

I'm still talking about spiders.

I didn't find any other insects in the cave, so the next finds are thirty kilometers away from the previous ones. Location of the action.



Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. September.

If I understand correctly, all three subsequent spiders are St Andrews Cross Spider, Argiope.

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Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. September.

10. The place where the spider was found.







Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. September.

11. This one is found in the rocks just below the previous one.

Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. September.

And the last thing from this trip that can be attributed to insects. At first I noticed something black and incomprehensible high up on the rocks.

Bizko could not get close, there is a steep cliff and a negative angle. But at the bottom, I found this.

I take it the wax melted in the sun and everything collapsed under its own weight. Unfortunately, it collapsed a long time ago, since neither the owners nor honey in the honeycombs were observed.







Kakadu National Park, NT, Australia. September.

Thank you for the photos, posted the address of the topic page with spiders in the corresponding section of the forum by definition. I will show the top spider on this page and the penultimate one on the previous one to people who are more knowledgeable on another forum, perhaps it will be determined most correctly or your definition will be confirmed.

Thank you for the photos, posted the address of the topic page with spiders in the corresponding section of the forum by definition. I will show the top spider on this page and the penultimate one on the previous one to people who are more knowledgeable on another forum, perhaps it will be determined most correctly or your definition will be confirmed.

Thanks!

To make it easier to determine the spider's gender:
It is quite simple to determine the sex of an adult spider by pedipalps. In males, unlike females, they are enlarged at the ends, rounded in shape, in the form of a bulb or similar shape. It is also possible on the underside of the abdomen, at its very beginning, near the cephalothorax, but this is more difficult, since spiders usually sit almost leaning against the surface.
Here, on the example of your spider:

(The arrow indicates pedipalps (one of them))
With skakunchik also.
But this is only possible if the spider is an adult, sexually mature, or slightly younger. With small spiders, this will not work, but they can be on the abdomen.

This post was edited by Arikain - 02.10.2010 16: 47

To make it easier to determine the spider's gender...

Thanks! Next time, I'll try not to forget what to pay attention to when shooting.

Thanks! Next time, I'll try not to forget what to pay attention to when shooting.

Also the abdomen of males, usually smaller in size than that of females, and in most cases they themselves are smaller. But this is only as an additional feature, since, in some species, males are larger than females. Yes, and with a hunger strike, the bellies of females are significantly reduced.

Also the abdomen of males, usually smaller in size than that of females, and in most cases they themselves are smaller. But this is only as an additional feature, since, in some species, males are larger than females. Yes, and with a hunger strike, the bellies of females are significantly reduced.

It is necessary that they sit in pairs, and they are most often one at a time.

Twister, Tholymis tillarga?

Name of the submenu here.



Litchfield National Park, NT, Australia. June.

It is necessary that they sit in pairs, and they are most often one at a time.

Well, yes, it rarely happens in pairs, usually they meet only during the mating season, and then they quickly disperse. This is, for example, the first roundworm on the previous page, according to these characteristics, fits the male, and he also has long legs, which also sometimes fits. But to tell for sure, you need to see the pedipalps or abdomen. Among roundworms, adult males are less common, because when they reach the age of puberty, they go wandering in search of a female, and usually do not build webs.

Well, yes, it rarely happens in pairs, usually they meet only during the mating season, and then they quickly disperse. This is, for example, the first roundworm on the previous page, according to these characteristics, fits the male, and he also has long legs, which also sometimes fits. But to tell for sure, you need to see the pedipalps or abdomen. Among roundworms, adult males are less common, because when they reach the age of puberty, they go wandering in search of a female, and usually do not build webs.

I will stick to the abdomen and pedipalps.

Our bug is in the folder. I showed them recently, I forgot that one. I'm correcting myself.

Zlatka.



Darwin, NT, Australia. September.