callumbrae
Patient-spider150304_A0344
Patient spider.
These eggs belong - or at least, did belong - to a Eucalyptus tortoise beetle. The spider appears to be waiting for them to hatch, just as sharks wait for young penguins to hit the water. Over a period of about an hour, it moved no further than 3 cm away from the eggs, and kept returning to sit right over them. What an easy catch!! I am sure spiders have a degree of intellegence that we don't give them credit for.
Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, March, 2015.
Patient-spider150304_A0344
Patient spider.
These eggs belong - or at least, did belong - to a Eucalyptus tortoise beetle. The spider appears to be waiting for them to hatch, just as sharks wait for young penguins to hit the water. Over a period of about an hour, it moved no further than 3 cm away from the eggs, and kept returning to sit right over them. What an easy catch!! I am sure spiders have a degree of intellegence that we don't give them credit for.
Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, March, 2015.