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Missulena occatoria

6 Red-headed Mouse Spider at Yass River, NSW

Missulena occatoria at Yass River, NSW - 26 Sep 2021
Missulena occatoria at Yass River, NSW - 26 Sep 2021
Missulena occatoria at Yass River, NSW - 26 Sep 2021
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Missulena occatoria 26 Sep 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Missulena occatoria 26 Sep 2021 SenexRugosus

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Took strong exception to being prodded with the camera lens.

3 comments

   26 Sep 2021
Usually the male only comes out of its burrow during periods of high humidity - perhaps you had some rain out your way that we missed out on
SenexRugosus wrote:
   26 Sep 2021
That's interesting, although we haven't had rain here for a week. Perhaps something disturbed him, as he was heading purposefully across the ground and in no mood to be interrupted.
   27 Sep 2021
They usually don't travel far from there burrow except when trying to locate a burrow of a female with which to mate

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  • 26 Sep 2021 10:32 AM Recorded on
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