Favoritos de luke_goddard

Porseleinberg kitten

I must have seen a hundred or more burrows in three small sites on this day. We finally managed to entice one inhabitant out by tickling her tonsils with a blade of grass, it felt just like playing with a kitten as she grabbed hold of the grass and pawed in our direction. I've never been patient enough to get a burrowing spider out in the open but not even vynbos's terrified squeals could perturb this one.

3cm long female

Two individuals found, both female, within 20m of each other. One under a clod of loose earth, another uncovered beneath a log. 17 leg pairs each, red dermal papillae on forehead. Curled strongly when disturbed. Underlying bedrock shale.

Kleinmond scorpion tail spider

I was looking for the already quite wonderful net casting spider I've been keeping an eye out for at the back of the garden, when a bit of rubble in some mess under a leaf suddenly moved. It ran about a bit, and shook when disturbed. The scorpiontail-structure can move (!), curling in and out to suit what looked like fairly feeble attempts at camouflage. Smaller than my pinky nail, between 5 and 10mm long.