When my mother was alive we had a Badumna living on the ceiling we called Miss Havisham and 10 years on my windows are crowded with her descendants. My favourite species.
You deserve way more subs for bringing real educational content to UA-cam while also having the dedication to find and interact with the animals in a safe way.
Another great one! These types of videos where you go out into habitat and search for little critters are my favorite, and the way you describe these adventures in such a beautiful way makes them feel even more special
A few months ago when the days were too hot I took my dog to the park at night and wore a headlight and there were more stars on the ground than in the sky. I got tons of eyeshine from Tasmanicosa godeffroyi all over the place.
You found so many incredible things on just one night in the bush, I am seriously jealous of all those huntsmen. Asianopis are always a treat, definitely one of my favorite spiders in Australia right now. Nice inclusions with the bush cricket and the mushroom, I’m always impressed by your range of knowledge. Great stuff man.
There are some pretty damn awesome huntsmen overseas too admittedly. Like Heteropoda lunula, Megaloremmius leo and Olios lamarcki. As well as the numerous giant cave-dwelling species.
Nice herping or however it is called for invertebrates and I must say nice snake too. If you want really small huntsman spiders, then come to Europe for the Micrommata genus. They are beautiful bright green but tiny, a little more than 1 cm. They are acting throughout the year, even in temperatures close to zero. In Greece we also have the Eusparassus genus with much larger species, but they are more common in the south of the country and I haven’t encountered them.
You've answered a question I've had since childhood. "What were those massive silvery spiders that used our windows as backgrounds to their webs?" Hortophora! Those were some well fed spiders.
God I wish light sensitivity gave me better night vision too. Unfortunately I'm blinded by light and darkness alike XD I'm feeling jealous of these spiders now!
Man, i don't regret much in life, but i would have loved to go on some of your day/ night walks with you while I was living in Australia. 2 years and not going out to find all those snakes and spiders with someone who is also passionate about them is my only long term regret 🙈
Spider fangs are derived chelicerae, which are ancestrally pincer-like. The pedipalps are the second pair of appendages on all members of the clade Chelicerata, and were likely ancestrally indistinct from legs in terms of appearance and function.
When my mother was alive we had a Badumna living on the ceiling we called Miss Havisham and 10 years on my windows are crowded with her descendants. My favourite species.
They’re a really cool spider for sure. Great feeding response as well.
Absolutely love these excursion videos
They’re super fun to film and put together too.
You deserve way more subs for bringing real educational content to UA-cam while also having the dedication to find and interact with the animals in a safe way.
Always love your intellectual ramblings and rambles through the forest. Much appreciated ❤
Great stuff man! Almost makes me want to get out to Australia and look for some spiders 🧐 hmmmmm
Totally not hinting at anything…
When I was a kid Huntsman spiders reminded me of Kingswoods for some reason.
They did a TV show called Huntsman country
Spider Bullpitt
1:45 amazing how long the antennae are.
I absolutely LOVE Australian Spiders!
As do I!
Nice to see you again by the way.
Another great one! These types of videos where you go out into habitat and search for little critters are my favorite, and the way you describe these adventures in such a beautiful way makes them feel even more special
They’re my favourites to make as well. Fun to film, and I love going home afterwards and spinning the whole experience into a story.
... genius .. in plain sight ... LOL love it
Thank you so much for those awesome videos. I always wanted to visit Australia for this guys, and your videos making me want it more :)
Definitely a place worth visiting for sure
this is awsome
Fantastic video, as always. Thank you!
Great video!
A few months ago when the days were too hot I took my dog to the park at night and wore a headlight and there were more stars on the ground than in the sky. I got tons of eyeshine from Tasmanicosa godeffroyi all over the place.
I remember searching for wolf spiders on school camp. I could spend hours just walking around, homing in on every little sparkle.
Thanks great video
Loved the commentary!
Thanks!
These are so cool 🤩🤩 I want to visit Australia someday!
It’s an amazing place for sure
I hope you're able to find a lichen huntsman one time, they're so beautiful
I live too far south to find them locally, but have featured a few in my Kuranda videos.
@@BugsandBiology Oh I didn't notice, I'll go check them out. Cheers have a good one
You found so many incredible things on just one night in the bush, I am seriously jealous of all those huntsmen. Asianopis are always a treat, definitely one of my favorite spiders in Australia right now. Nice inclusions with the bush cricket and the mushroom, I’m always impressed by your range of knowledge. Great stuff man.
Cheers! If/when you guys make it down to Australia, I’ll be waiting for you!
I wish we had more of those videos.
Well I should hopefully have my driver’s license soon, which will make it much easier to get out to some amazing filming locations.
@@BugsandBiology Good luck with drivers licence.
I meant more spiders videos no matter the location.
I live around an hour+ from Brisbane in a forestry and I’ve never actually noticed how many animals and insects there are
I never really noticed myself until I started going out at night.
Saved to watch over breakfast in the morning 😴
I love your accent.
daddy jacky 😩
Australian spiders are built different
Nah haha. Asian and South American spiders make ours look borderline pathetic. Even a subadult Theraphosa would pummel any Australian spider.
But there not unique as ours. huntsman are epic and expecially in Australia
But ye not gonna lie ye asian and south american spider are cool as hell but I might just be biased
There are some pretty damn awesome huntsmen overseas too admittedly. Like Heteropoda lunula, Megaloremmius leo and Olios lamarcki. As well as the numerous giant cave-dwelling species.
I will look at those
Nice herping or however it is called for invertebrates and I must say nice snake too. If you want really small huntsman spiders, then come to Europe for the Micrommata genus. They are beautiful bright green but tiny, a little more than 1 cm. They are acting throughout the year, even in temperatures close to zero. In Greece we also have the Eusparassus genus with much larger species, but they are more common in the south of the country and I haven’t encountered them.
impressive spiders, had 1 in my room up in nth qlnd years ago, being a kiwi, it took me a LONG time to get used to the bugs over there. good vid 👍🙂
You've answered a question I've had since childhood. "What were those massive silvery spiders that used our windows as backgrounds to their webs?" Hortophora! Those were some well fed spiders.
I always find it so satisfying when I stumble upon the answer to something I’ve wanted to know since childhood.
God I wish light sensitivity gave me better night vision too. Unfortunately I'm blinded by light and darkness alike XD I'm feeling jealous of these spiders now!
You remind me of Jack. That’s a huge compliment. Coming from me.
Much appreciated!
Any update on the sales website? I really want some huntsman slings other than the ones sold by mini beast!
Cute 🥹
Okay dad. I'll watch the mushroom video
Man, i don't regret much in life, but i would have loved to go on some of your day/ night walks with you while I was living in Australia.
2 years and not going out to find all those snakes and spiders with someone who is also passionate about them is my only long term regret 🙈
Darn. My long term regret is not taking UA-cam seriously until a couple years ago.
Oh boy, you mentioned the bugger who decapitated a snake. That snake didn’t deserve such a fate.
I didn’t have any particular person in mind when I said that. Just those sorts of people in general.
@@BugsandBiologyfair enough.
I think you missed the perfect opportunity to make a joke about shovel-wielding bogans and animals without backbones.
Bro you live in the mecca of spider and insect hunting....do more spider hunting videos.....just like this
It’s winter at the moment, so unfortunately not a great time for bug hunting.
If spider fangs evolved from legs, so did their pedipalps?
Spider fangs are derived chelicerae, which are ancestrally pincer-like.
The pedipalps are the second pair of appendages on all members of the clade Chelicerata, and were likely ancestrally indistinct from legs in terms of appearance and function.
@@BugsandBiology Wait, chelicerata is a clade?
Yeah, the Chelicerata are all the animals that possess chelicerae.
@@BugsandBiology I mean, they are a clade, not a subphylum.
Clades are of indeterminate rank. A group can be both a subphylum and a clade.
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