Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
May 7th 2009, 1:27 pm
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Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
Just a few pix from the garden - I found out this spider is called the St Andrew's Cross Spider - how cool is that web?!
The photos of the bats were NOT taken in my garden though!
The photos of the bats were NOT taken in my garden though!
May 7th 2009, 1:28 pm
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Re: Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
one more - the group shot
May 7th 2009, 6:56 pm
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Great pictures, what lovely sights in your garden, thanks for sharing.
May 7th 2009, 8:41 pm
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Great pics. Amazing what we see in gardens here in Oz.
May 8th 2009, 1:33 am
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gr8 pics,except the bats ,hate the bloody things ,have a real phobia about them.
May 8th 2009, 1:42 am
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And if that's not bad enough, the damn thing licked my ear ! At least, I think that's what it did.
May 8th 2009, 1:52 am
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Re: Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
A couple of years ago I was walking home from the pub on a hot humid night. I walked under a low hanging palm tree and next thing I knew, I couldn't see anything because there were bat wings around my face.
And if that's not bad enough, the damn thing licked my ear ! At least, I think that's what it did.
And if that's not bad enough, the damn thing licked my ear ! At least, I think that's what it did.
.I think those were cattle ones though,bloody horrible,nasty bastard creatures
May 8th 2009, 2:32 am
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See see see,i knew it ,people tell me im being irrational.I have a fear of one getting taggled in my hair,i would have dickey fit if that happened.And ive seen a documentary whereby they came through open bedroom windows and bit people.I think those were cattle ones though,bloody horrible,nasty bastard creatures
.I think those were cattle ones though,bloody horrible,nasty bastard creatures
May 8th 2009, 2:55 am
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Re: Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
We have a water tank in our back garden covered in jasmine.
Seems to be a favourite hangout for St Andrew's Cross spiders....number of times I have walked into the web at night is amazing.
They are cool spiders, but as I don't know how to post pics on here, I have not shared my photos!
Seems to be a favourite hangout for St Andrew's Cross spiders....number of times I have walked into the web at night is amazing.
They are cool spiders, but as I don't know how to post pics on here, I have not shared my photos!
May 8th 2009, 7:15 am
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Re: Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
The bats here really freak me out 
we have huge sets of allsorts of trees at the back of our garden and they often sit there through the night making shreiking noises - all bloody night!
That's where an ouzi comes in handy
I must get one!
we have huge sets of allsorts of trees at the back of our garden and they often sit there through the night making shreiking noises - all bloody night!That's where an ouzi comes in handy
I must get one!
May 8th 2009, 7:54 am
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Re: Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
We had a red bellied black snake on our patioo a while ago, wifey stepped over it coming out of the house, she didnt see it till it freaked out, lucky she wasnt bitten
May 8th 2009, 7:59 am
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Re: Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
Yet you hear some people say oh ive been here 40 years and ive never seen a snake - bullshit!
May 8th 2009, 8:18 am
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Nice new Article... I love the last Para.... its just So Aussie....
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6231301.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6231301.ece
May 10th 2009, 1:15 pm
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Re: Cool Spider ... and some other creatures seen "out back"
Great pics!
Thanks for posting
Thanks for posting