Botany Nerds Ahoy
basesix wrote:ah, yup! cheers, AW.. I'll send you some 'whatever is flowering' honey from my bush block ; )
You’ve got bees and beehives ?
yep, I had six, down to three (mice got one a few years ago, two hives moved on during hot summers).
basesix wrote:yep, I had six, down to three (mice got one a few years ago, two hives moved on during hot summers).
Cheers. I’m off on Thursday, maybe wait until I return if you’re sending anything. Much appreciated. AW
Just a heads up. Netflix has an Australia documentary called Follow The Rain. World famous fungi hunters, a photographer and a filmmaker….have produced an amazingly beautiful doco. The Fungi is the star but the photography and time lapse sequences are something else.
Thanks Roadkill, I'll check it out
Sad state of our oceans but what a great result for this little guy . Even if AI is involved .
That’s cool. What an experience!
How are these big fellows?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-new-species-of-sydney-funnel-web-h...
Paywalled VJ, but I'm guessing the stuff of nightmares.
Have you seen the size of them? Just heard the bloke the new species was name after (pictured in the article) describe himself as a big bloke with big hands - the fecker fills his palm.
Yeah they named the 9.2cm one 'Hemsworth'.
Think I shared the story here, but we were gardening levelling a rock garden and the Ms got a Trapdoor grab her hand and strike multiple times, bit through the glove 3 of them. It was rad looking up from the shovel and seeing how big it looked hanging onto her fingers, she reckoned it felt like being held by a small hand. Quick trip to Doc and spider ID'd as not a nasty one, she was OK, numb in spot where bites got through.
velocityjohnno wrote:How are these big fellows?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-new-species-of-sydney-funnel-web-h...
That's great, now all they have to do is bring back spitfires and my childhood summertime horrorshow is complete.
Must've been weird having the big dangerous spiders as a kid, growing up in WA we had redbacks (sent bro to hospital age 2), I can't recall coming across any big trapdoor or funnel web types. Not even white tails.
velocityjohnno wrote:Must've been weird having the big dangerous spiders as a kid, growing up in WA we had redbacks (sent bro to hospital age 2), I can't recall coming across any big trapdoor or funnel web types. Not even white tails.
Not so much weird as simply an accepted danger, one that you were warned about a lot. No sticking fingers in dark holes - which perhaps should be an all round life lesson.
Came face to face with many funnel webs growing up, though no-one I know was ever bitten.
Spitfires on the other hand...
Different again for children in FNQ
https://canoblogfood.blogspot.com/2008/10/giant-australian-spider-eating...
Here's a great trapdoor spider relocation story from the Porongorups:
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2025/01/rescuing...
Mate reckons his mother in law got bitten by a funnel web.
And the spider died.
haha
Got bitten on the arse by a bull ant last week.
I'm still traumatised.
I sat on a centipede by accident last summer. Idescribable pain instantly.
Those fuckers pack a punch.
^^ yoiks!
Zen and Tubeshooter provide the answer to the age old question - what bit you on the arse?
Haha Zen, when I lived on the farm, my father got bit on the bum by a big fuck off centipede that had hidden in his shorts overnight, he was in agony crying screaming. Secretly us three kids and mum had a good old laugh since he was such a cee you next tuesday
Front gate was about 3km from the house and we used to ride our treadlies there to wait for the school bus, the area was rife with trapdoor spiders and the dare was stick ya finger down there and pull out the next, never got bit, maybe because I had just performed Kanchō on my brother, used the same finger
"nest" not next
Get this one up ya!
Actually not a stinging beastie, but the colours would suggest otherwise. Bottlebrush Sawfly. Pterygophorus cinctus.
Is that your photo blackers ? Great shot if it is , freaky wings .
Supafreak wrote:Is that your photo blackers ? Great shot if it is , freaky wings .
Cheers Supa, yes I took it on my phone. It landed on a sail board I was working on. Looks like it has a big sting at the back but apparently they don't. Great colours.
Seems a keen interest for some, so why not.