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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
September 26, 2009
01:53 AM Post #7105597
| I think they might be spider egg cases, but of which spider? 
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
September 26, 2009
01:53 AM Post #7105600
| I opened one up and inside was silken, and heaps of little orange/brown eggs 
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77sunset
Merino
Australia
September 26, 2009
06:51 PM Post #7107411
| Sue, I have never seen such unusual cases but then they may be something only in the warmer areas. A lot of spiders will stay around near the eggs so have a close look in all the crevices of the nearby plants or in that web mass at the top of the leaf. You may see mumma. Try at night too. Love to see photos if you find the mumma.
Jean. |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
September 26, 2009
07:25 PM Post #7107517
| Sue I think I found your spider who belongs to those eggs. I haven't googled the name yet but I will. The Magnificent Spider. Ordgarius magnificus. Sounds hugh. Let's have a look. Colleen |
ctmorris
barmera
Australia
September 26, 2009
07:29 PM Post #7107526
| She's beautiful Sue. About 1.5cm. Not very big. Hope you can find her to have a look and maybe take some pics of her. Colleen |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
September 27, 2009
12:30 AM Post #7108401
| Hi Colleen. I wish i had looked in that webbing yesterday. Hubby through it somewhere, and with all the wind, it could be abywhere now. I had another look around the palms, where we found it, but there is no sign of any other. 2 of the egg sacs were old ones, so there must be some more spiders around here, just where? I'll keep an eye out for them now and will attempt to photograph one if I can.
Thanks Colleen.
Sue |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
October 24, 2009
05:48 AM Post #7202870
| I found Her! She is tiny compared to the egg sack! As suggested, she's about 1-1.5 cm and is quite furry/hairy looking. Also very shy, and liked to stay in a small ball. There was also alot of webbing on the leaf she was resting on.
Sue
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
October 24, 2009
05:50 AM Post #7202872
| I would also like to add this pic of the caterpillar that hitchiked on my shirt today. It was reminiscent of a Unicorn, with a funny tuft from its head, and paintbrush-like things sticking out of its back!
Any ID?
Sue
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Stake
Barmera
Australia
October 24, 2009
06:27 AM Post #7202895
| That caterpiller looks like one of the Chinese Dragons that dance and sway at the parades. If it is you will probaly have to get the PM to talk to it.
Brian |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
October 24, 2009
08:19 AM Post #7202998
| That's beautiful spider ...I don't mind my spiders at all, I think they do a great job knocking off insects.They are a bit annoying when taking pictures in the garden because the webs make things look untidy but for the most part I live and let live with them.
Some of those kinds of hairy catapillers can give you awful rashes if you touch them.Thanks for the shot of the spider, very interesting. |
gardengus
Flora, IN
(Zone 5a)
October 24, 2009
11:52 AM Post #7203473
| Thanks for sharing the beautiful spider, I have been watching , very interesting.
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kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
Australia
(Zone 10a)
 October 24, 2009
04:20 PM Post #7204161
| I found a very similar cocoon beside Lake Glenmaggie here in Victoria, Australia.
It does not look quite the same as yours, and when I pulled it apart (with a great deal of difficulty, it was made of very strong threads) it seemed to have shrivelled remains of something like a caterpillar inside.
Has anyone any idea what my cocoon could be?
Kennedy
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chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
October 24, 2009
06:08 PM Post #7204489
| That one looks like it is made of leather kennedy ...I wonder what it is?
Do you think it's this one?
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Moths of Australia&simid...
Scroll down to see Smooth case moth ...click and it opens.Hmm yours looks like that but with ribs?
Great Site!
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kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
Australia
(Zone 10a)
October 25, 2009
07:00 PM Post #7207778
| Thank you Chrissy, I had not thought of a case-moth and was not aware that any had undecorated cases. It makes a lot of sense and the Smooth Case Moth cases are very very similar, but as you say it doesn't have the prominent ribs that mine has. I will mark it for now as Oiketicus sp. and explore further,
thanks again,
Kennedy |
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
Australia
(Zone 10a)
October 26, 2009
04:56 AM Post #7209107
| Chrissy, you certainly put me om the right track. My strange coccoon-like objects are in fact the Ribbed Case Moth - Hyalarcta nigrescens. This is the case that the caterpillar lives in as it deeds on eucalyptus leaves. Unlike most case moths it only has a few decorations when the case is small, but they drop off or are discarded and the ribs develop giving the distinctive and very strong case. The flightless female stays in the case and even lays her eggs in it, but the male eventually emerges from the case as a winged moth: http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/psyc/nigresc.html
Kennedy |
Stake
Barmera
Australia
October 26, 2009
05:24 AM Post #7209118
| G'Day Weed_Woman how's your rose buds going, you should be able to tell if they are going to grow by now IE they are green not black. Shorten the growth back above the bud to get it to grow strongly. Note shorten not cut the whole lot off.
Brian |
kennedyh
Churchill, Victoria
Australia
(Zone 10a)
October 26, 2009
03:28 PM Post #7210719
| Sue, your 'unicorn' caterpillar is one of the Lymantridae or Tussock Moths. It looks very like the caterpillar of the Painted Acacia Moth - Teia anartoides: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/661/
but yours seems to have slightly different colouring and might be a different but closely related species,
Kennedy |
chrissy100
Sydney
Australia
October 26, 2009
04:14 PM Post #7210901
| Kennedy I think mother nature is amazing don't you?
Thanks for that link ... ribbed case moth, wonderful!. |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
October 26, 2009
04:21 PM Post #7210928
| Kennedy, I agree with the Teia anartoides. I googled images and there are a few that match the colour, so maybe its a cultural thing that determines colour intensity? It was a really fast caterpillar, as they go. And I took a video of it racing along the veranda rail! Thanks for your help with that. I find insect life quite interesting, and wish I had better eyes. I see something new almost every day!
Brian, the buds are still green! I was thinking about pruning the tops only yesterday, but we're having a considerable rain event! (buzz words) so I'll wait till we get a few dry days before I prune. The roses have been looking great during the hot dry weather we've just had. They ususally lose most of their leaves with the humidity, to black spot e.t.c. I will keep you posted. I also took a cutting from a sucker at the bottom of a standard, which seems to have struck, so i plan to graft something onto it later.
Sue |
shelly61
townsville
Australia
October 29, 2009
12:00 AM Post #7219231
| Sue you have the best looking creatures, I love them both. |
weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
October 29, 2009
03:37 AM Post #7219540
| Thanks Shelly, I guess I if you have your hands in the dirt and head in the bushes often enough, you'll see all kinds of things! Its a matter of having the camera handy, or hoping the bugs don't run away before you get back with it! I watched a Citrus moth lay an egg the other day! I didn't have the camera and it was all over in seconds. Quite amazing.
Sue
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
November 21, 2009
05:40 AM Post #7295580
| ok, I got new ones. These are the eggs of the hibiscus cotton harlequin beetle (Tectocoris diophthalmus) A very pretty beetle, but in large numbers it can affect the health of the plant. I will try to find some beetles this week.
Sue
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weed_woman
Coffs Harbour
Australia
November 21, 2009
05:41 AM Post #7295581
| A close up. I think the lower, darker eggs are close to hatching. 
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