Admiralty Park – Red Tent Spider Nest

By
Nicky Bay

3 January 2010

Usual trip to Admiralty Park in the morning to find many shooters crowding around the Cyrtophora Unicolor, Red Tent Spider.

Red Tent Spider (Cyrtophora unicolor) - DSC_5240

#1 Cyrtophora Unicolor Red Tent Spider guarding its egg sac

Ant-Mimic Jumping Spider (Salticidae) - DSC_5295

#2 Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider top view

Ant-Mimic Jumping Spider (Salticidae) - DSC_5358

#3 Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider front view

Ant-Mimic Jumping Spider (Salticidae) - DSC_5331

#4 Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider side view

Lichen Huntsman Spider (Pandercetes sp.) - DSC_5388

#5 Huntsman Spider guarding its nest

Lichen Huntsman Spider (Pandercetes sp.) - DSC_5402

#6 Closeup on Huntsman Spider

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Labrador Park

10 January 2010

WRITTEN BY

Nicky Bay

Hi my name is Nicky Bay. I am a macro photographer, instructor and book author, travelling the world to document the vast micro biodiversity that nature has to offer. Follow my updates and discover with me the incredible beauty and science behind our planet's micro creatures!