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Almost half of the katipo this morning found under Spinifex seed heads, as this one. While this seems to be common on the West Coast, I have very little recollection of it on the East Coast. 5th photo provides location context.
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Almost half of the katipo this morning found under Spinifex seed heads, as this one. While this seems to be common on the West Coast, I have very little recollection of it on the East Coast. 5th photo provides location context.
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Almost half of the katipo this morning found under Spinifex seed heads, as this one. While this seems to be common on the West Coast, I have very little recollection of it on the East Coast. 5th photo provides location context.
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Almost half of the katipo this morning found under Spinifex seed heads, as this one. While this seems to be common on the West Coast, I have very little recollection of it on the East Coast. 5th photo provides location context.
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This spiderling has left mother's eggsac within the past few days. A good look at the underside in subsequent photos. Not uncommon to find young katipo under Spinifex seed heads, less so adults. 5th photo provides location context
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This spiderling has left mother's eggsac within the past few days. A good look at the underside in subsequent photos. Not uncommon to find young katipo under Spinifex seed heads, less so adults. 5th photo provides location context
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This spiderling has left mother's eggsac within the past few days. A good look at the underside in subsequent photos. Not uncommon to find young katipo under Spinifex seed heads, less so adults. 5th photo provides location context
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This spiderling has left mother's eggsac within the past few days. A good look at the underside in subsequent photos. Not uncommon to find young katipo under Spinifex seed heads, less so adults. 5th photo provides location context
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This spiderling has left mother's eggsac within the past few days. A good look at the underside in subsequent photos. Not uncommon to find young katipo under Spinifex seed heads, less so adults. 5th photo provides location context
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The red stripe isn't visible, but the outline of where the stripe is, can be seen. I didn't disrupt her web enough to look further, but black katipo don't have the outline. A very windblown location, ref. the 4th photo.
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The red stripe isn't visible, but the outline of where the stripe is, can be seen. I didn't disrupt her web enough to look further, but black katipo don't have the outline. A very windblown location, ref. the 4th photo.
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The red stripe isn't visible, but the outline of where the stripe is, can be seen. I didn't disrupt her web enough to look further, but black katipo don't have the outline. A very windblown location, ref. the 4th photo.
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The red stripe isn't visible, but the outline of where the stripe is, can be seen. I didn't disrupt her web enough to look further, but black katipo don't have the outline. A very windblown location, ref. the 4th photo.
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Black katipo own the dunes south of Mahanga, ref. a male and female here. 3rd photo provides location context.
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Black katipo own the dunes south of Mahanga, ref. a male and female here. 3rd photo provides location context.
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Black katipo own the dunes south of Mahanga, ref. a male and female here. 3rd photo provides location context.
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A better set of photos of the lack of markings on black katipo. 4th photo provides location context.
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A better set of photos of the lack of markings on black katipo. 4th photo provides location context.
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A better set of photos of the lack of markings on black katipo. 4th photo provides location context.
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A better set of photos of the lack of markings on black katipo. 4th photo provides location context.
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Gravid black katipo females become brown when the abdomen distends, same as red katipo. 3rd photo provides location context.
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Gravid black katipo females become brown when the abdomen distends, same as red katipo. 3rd photo provides location context.
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Gravid black katipo females become brown when the abdomen distends, same as red katipo. 3rd photo provides location context.
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A good few dozen katipo in this location, well behind the front dunes, which are marram-covered and wickedly carved by the winds for which Porangahau is named. Here katipo are more found under sand wind grass and Sporobolus africanus than Spinifex and sand coprosma