Okay, it seems I've let a couple bloopers slide: At around 1:35 I basically say "Holconia insignis overlaps in distribution with Holconia insignis". Of course, the latter was meant to be Holconia immanis. And don't even mention how I flubbed the word "snail" at one point...
This is my favourite video of yours. Finding the critters in the wild is so satisfying. Keep it up, I only trust you for my bug hit. Sensible, pleasant to listen to, honest. Just love it all.
I'm so glad to hear someone get really excited for seeing a snail (or other tiny critters no one cares about anymore). Makes me feel less weird and alone in the world! Thx for the video!
After five minutes in my suburban backyard in Adelaide I found a sac spider, a red back, a black house spider, a huntsman, a wolf spider, a garden orb spider, a daddy long legs and a white tip! Granted the wolf spider and huntsman were being eaten by a red back and a white tip but still it shows how many spiders there are even in a city of over a million people! 🕷️🕸️ I once found a grey wolf spider the size of a small tarantula in my shed! I looked for the genus online but couldn't find anything that matched the size of this thing? I heard the term Miturlgid? (Sun Spider, not camel spider though) used by a spider expert but they are apparently only deep in the desert? It looked like the suspect though? Also thanks for introducing me to the Flat Spider species! I would have been 100% sure that was a huntsman of some type if you hadn't clarified!
Yeah will definitely keep them coming. I'll head out to this place again sometime, although it's not the most convenient spot to get to via public transportat.
Encyclopedic knowledge mate, AND it was on the fly in the bush no after look ups as cheating, I can hear your voice in the moment during recording. That's some impressive Arachnid knowledge AND general naming convention recollection too. 10/10
At first I thought the title would be a bit of a hyperbole... But no, "HEAPS" of spiders is very accurate... Thank you for sharing this wonderful field trip!
Greetings from Canada ! I enjoy watching your videos and I am amazed with the wildlife you have there . I hope to visit Australia down the road I have family and friends across Australia .
You have absolutely the most fascinating videos. I've learned to love spiders, and the other creepy crawlies are interesting as well, but I have to admit that when you were naming all of those things with their scientific names, I thought to myself, that's the nerdiest video I've seen in my whole life. He must be a D&D player.
@@BugsandBiology Maybe I should give you a walkthrough of how I code more spiders into the game one day. Spiders are starting to feel as speciose there as here.
We've gone and trained with the aussie military in Australia a few times. We spent a whole lot of time trying to avoid all the kinds of things your actively looking for. It makes my skin crawl just watching it 🤣🤣 for giggles we'd turn on a uv light at night and just see the glow of scorpions everywhere.
Makes me want to make a video in the bush of Pennsylvania to compliment your own. Not as many impressive spiders, but i have found absolutely massive water spiders living in the mountain streams. At night as kids we used to find some pretty unique looking critters by the interstate. Im almost sure we discovered some new species 😂
There’s a lot of undescribed species out there. The odds of coming across a potentially new species are surprisingly high. We have water spiders in Australia too. A few are wider (but less robust) than the North American ones, while most are smaller.
I throughly enjoyed this video, I love your narration and the interesting creatures! I love spiders of every genus , Huntsman’s really freak me out, I think it’s their speed! I am very aware of Funnel webs, I think it was probably on another Australian channel, I love Australia living in Britain is not great for any insect life! I am going to watch some of the other videos I haven’t watched yet!
Saw a bunch of H. infensa webs, just no spiders. Wish funnelwebs were as fearless and aggressive as people say they are; would be a lot easier to get them on camera.
From prior experience, it's pretty much impossible. Lifting the log would've scared the spider deep into its burrow, and funnelwebs can refuse to come out for hours after being spooked.
how far outside of Brisbane are you? I've been to Mt Cootha, White's hill reserve and Toohey Forest and the only place near Brisbane that I've seen funnelwebs and slugs is in Lamington National Park, about a 2 hour drive South.
You ever pet em? i pet em sometimes to see what they do.. but thats cool all sorts of Flat Spiders? that's pretty cool, a little strange how they move...
I replace the logs exactly where they were, and if the bark pieces come loose, I guide the animals under another. Most of these animals don't have permanent homes, so any shelter will do.
@@BugsandBiology I'm also concerned, especially the loose bark on dead trees being destroyed, habitat like that is not abundant and is not going to be replaced anytime soon, every piece you rip off is a loss of habitat for decades. Would appreciate if you could be more careful and respectful of this, you don't have to completely rip off the bark for the sake of footage for youtube videos.
It’s not that dangerous, like, at all. Funnelwebs aren’t going to just run at you from inside their burrows. Plus gloves are crazy uncomfortable for me.
Love the videos but the scientific greek names for the bugs was a bit of a headthrob. I'd stick with the plain english names. It's going to be hard for people to go between remembering the whacky names given as to the simplistic ones based on common languages.
Common names can lead to confusion. First of all, not every animal has a common name; in fact, I'd probably say most don't. Some animals have multiple common names, and some share the same common name with others. For example, "crab spider" is used for both the Thomisidae and Sparassidae families. Finally, common names can often be a little misleading taxonomically. King crickets, raspy crickets, bush crickets, camel crickets and Jerusalem crickets are not actually crickets. The electric eel isn't an eel. The camel spider isn't a spider. I could go on.
this guy has an unfair advantage over other spider youtube content creators : he lives in the 7th layer of hell, home all of satan-spawn, known as Australia.
@@BugsandBiology dont be butthurt over a joke, dude. It's not like its inaccurate, and it's no more tired than being the 282349823749324th spider guy on youtube.
All I was doing was correcting a misconception. Nearly every “scary” animal in Australia either exists elsewhere too, or has a close equivalent elsewhere. And on top of that, we have very little in the way of dangerous megafauna like hippos and big cats.
@@BugsandBiology a joke is not a miconception, but thats a good try to explain being a humorless dickhead in your own comment section lol. you'll notice no one ACTUALLY thinks hell is located in australia, its hyperbole. good luck on growing that following with all this social grace lol.
Okay, it seems I've let a couple bloopers slide:
At around 1:35 I basically say "Holconia insignis overlaps in distribution with Holconia insignis". Of course, the latter was meant to be Holconia immanis.
And don't even mention how I flubbed the word "snail" at one point...
You do good work, everyone makes mistakes, i like how you identify everything...
this dude has huge nuts for doing this, im so terrified of spiders.
Me too !
Ok who tried to setup Jeremy corbyn
You know who you are 😂
This is my favourite video of yours. Finding the critters in the wild is so satisfying. Keep it up, I only trust you for my bug hit. Sensible, pleasant to listen to, honest. Just love it all.
Thanks! I enjoy doing the field videos as well. Little swamped with uni at the moment, but hopefully I’ll make it out again soon.
I'm so glad to hear someone get really excited for seeing a snail (or other tiny critters no one cares about anymore). Makes me feel less weird and alone in the world!
Thx for the video!
No it wasn't Joe if it was he wouldn't have fell for the trap it was the war criminals 😭
You have to like this lads passion. A passion for anything is always cool, but a passion for something that most people avoid is very interesting.
Loving the unloved has long been a “philosophy” of mine, if you can call it that.
Lends itself to many things that way of thinking. Even people!!
would i get absolutely nuked if i said i had a passion for wasps
After five minutes in my suburban backyard in Adelaide I found a sac spider, a red back, a black house spider, a huntsman, a wolf spider, a garden orb spider, a daddy long legs and a white tip! Granted the wolf spider and huntsman were being eaten by a red back and a white tip but still it shows how many spiders there are even in a city of over a million people! 🕷️🕸️
I once found a grey wolf spider the size of a small tarantula in my shed! I looked for the genus online but couldn't find anything that matched the size of this thing? I heard the term Miturlgid? (Sun Spider, not camel spider though) used by a spider expert but they are apparently only deep in the desert? It looked like the suspect though?
Also thanks for introducing me to the Flat Spider species! I would have been 100% sure that was a huntsman of some type if you hadn't clarified!
*For a skinny dude, he actually is quite bold not being bothered by funnel web species and has decent knowledge on these things*
Yeah coz the amount of muscle mass one has is directly related to fear of spiders 😅
Really enjoyed the wildlife outdoors.
Hope to see you do more. 🙂
Yeah will definitely keep them coming. I'll head out to this place again sometime, although it's not the most convenient spot to get to via public transportat.
Encyclopedic knowledge mate, AND it was on the fly in the bush no after look ups as cheating, I can hear your voice in the moment during recording. That's some impressive Arachnid knowledge AND general naming convention recollection too. 10/10
Love ❤️ this channel
Appreciate it!
At first I thought the title would be a bit of a hyperbole...
But no, "HEAPS" of spiders is very accurate...
Thank you for sharing this wonderful field trip!
Greetings from Canada ! I enjoy watching your videos and I am amazed with the wildlife you have there . I hope to visit Australia down the road I have family and friends across Australia .
It's a great country for anyone interested in wildlife. Feel so lucky to have places like this so close to where I live.
This video reminds me of many walks I used to take in the desert I lived in when I was young. Great finds.
I love these videos, reminds me of when I was a kid, goin around catching cool bugs, sometimes making them fight 😅
You're like a Pokémon trainer exploring Viridian Forest XD
I love red triangle slugs. Used to see them heaps in park ridge in Logan
I really enjoyed this video.
It's amazing, your wide knowledge of the animals.
Thank you
Subbed, these vids are too good👍. Always learn something.
Glad you enjoyed!
so good
Love your videos brother ❤ they are an inspiration to me.
Thanks!
You have absolutely the most fascinating videos. I've learned to love spiders, and the other creepy crawlies are interesting as well, but I have to admit that when you were naming all of those things with their scientific names, I thought to myself, that's the nerdiest video I've seen in my whole life. He must be a D&D player.
Thanks! I don't play D&D though; the only game I (occasionally) play is Minecraft. So draw whatever conclusions you want from that.
@@BugsandBiology Maybe I should give you a walkthrough of how I code more spiders into the game one day. Spiders are starting to feel as speciose there as here.
We've gone and trained with the aussie military in Australia a few times. We spent a whole lot of time trying to avoid all the kinds of things your actively looking for. It makes my skin crawl just watching it 🤣🤣 for giggles we'd turn on a uv light at night and just see the glow of scorpions everywhere.
Makes me want to make a video in the bush of Pennsylvania to compliment your own. Not as many impressive spiders, but i have found absolutely massive water spiders living in the mountain streams. At night as kids we used to find some pretty unique looking critters by the interstate. Im almost sure we discovered some new species 😂
There’s a lot of undescribed species out there. The odds of coming across a potentially new species are surprisingly high.
We have water spiders in Australia too. A few are wider (but less robust) than the North American ones, while most are smaller.
Impressed with your identification skills, especially the webbs
Cheers, although I do need to work on my ID skills for other inverts.
Stumbled upon you on Reddit, found your UA-cam and I’m impressed as hell!
Thanks!
Where did you learn all of this??? You are so smart!
From a variety of sources, including the papers in which the species were originally described, certain books and webpages, other hobbyists etc.
at 2:05 you said there's nothing under the bark but i can clearly see a spider quickly hiding from you. only me?
Very cool.
I throughly enjoyed this video, I love your narration and the interesting creatures! I love spiders of every genus , Huntsman’s really freak me out, I think it’s their speed! I am very aware of Funnel webs, I think it was probably on another Australian channel, I love Australia living in Britain is not great for any insect life! I am going to watch some of the other videos I haven’t watched yet!
this channel is s-tier
Cheers!
Awesome video
Nice and very informative 👍 🤩
I got startled by a green spider yesterday when I was opening a leaf expecting a leaf curler.
That fungi, I've seen it on 2 logs in the bushes.
Keep up the good work bro
Careful when ripping bits of bark and lifting logs my friend with those funnel webs.
Cool
Yay triangle slug!! It’s been a while since I’ve found one
Same here; more than a year since I last saw one in the wild. Although I just received a bunch of them in the mail (unboxing video soon).
@@BugsandBiology wow yea honestly probably about the same time as me :(
Ooooo I can’t wait to see all the lil buggers 🥰
Come to picnic point and walk the trails that go along the escarpment. You might come across a few Hadronyche Infensa :-)
Saw a bunch of H. infensa webs, just no spiders. Wish funnelwebs were as fearless and aggressive as people say they are; would be a lot easier to get them on camera.
@@BugsandBiology lol me too. I’m still wanting to see one and I live right where they should be. :-)
Speaking of huntsman, Channel Dave's little beasties has been given a stowaway Huntsman ! Only one guy to help identify! He's into mygalomorphs :)
The spider is an Isopedella species. Maybe Isopedella cerussata or Isopedella victorialis, depending on original location.
Great video dude! Should've teased out the funnel web.
From prior experience, it's pretty much impossible. Lifting the log would've scared the spider deep into its burrow, and funnelwebs can refuse to come out for hours after being spooked.
Bahaha, that injured spider was injured by YOU!
Yeah she probably was unfortunately. It’s likely I unknowingly squashed her while she was under the bark.
Great vid!
Do you think you may have accidentally crushed the black injured one, at 3.43, when you were peeling back the bark?
Regrettably, yes
how far outside of Brisbane are you? I've been to Mt Cootha, White's hill reserve and Toohey Forest and the only place near Brisbane that I've seen funnelwebs and slugs is in Lamington National Park, about a 2 hour drive South.
Moggill.
Although I've also found funnelwebs and red triangle slugs at Mt. Coot-Tha, Mt. Nebo and Mt. Glorious.
You ever pet em? i pet em sometimes to see what they do.. but thats cool all sorts of Flat Spiders? that's pretty cool, a little strange how they move...
Sometimes, when I get the chance. Most of these ran away too quick.
Nice video. Just wondering, don't you sometimes injure the bugs when you move the bark etc?
It’s possible that flat spider was injured cause of me, but apart from that, I’ve never harmed any invert while searching for them.
Fascinating video! Thank you.
where do you get your pet spiders
i shouldn't have watched this before bed
“Heaps of spiders” is a sentence I never wanted to hear.
At 13:19 - is that a leg?
3:00 isn't they look completly deferent when they around L2?
Exciting. Can I learn to remember 5he scientific names?😀
Yeah, it's easier than it seems. And only gets less difficult with time.
@@BugsandBiology 😀
Which area were you in for this? Great footage and finds.
Moggill conservation park
What was that spider in the thick web? At around 8.30. Was it a type of trapdoor? Or curtain web? Or ?
It's Australothele jamiesoni
@@BugsandBiology rainforest curtain web spider :-) just googled the common name
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Hi mate, cool video. How can I get in touch with you to ask you some questions? I can't find your email on your about page. I'm also in Brissy!
You can email me at jacksonnugent1@gmail.com
@@BugsandBiology Cool! Just found you on Instagram and posted a little video. I'll email you as well!
there is litteraly monsters under each wood chunk
Most had nothing, but they were cut from the video.
Who’s that cute guy?
as i watched this i just kept thinking whats the purpose of destroying all these animals habitats for???
I replace the logs exactly where they were, and if the bark pieces come loose, I guide the animals under another. Most of these animals don't have permanent homes, so any shelter will do.
@@BugsandBiology I'm also concerned, especially the loose bark on dead trees being destroyed, habitat like that is not abundant and is not going to be replaced anytime soon, every piece you rip off is a loss of habitat for decades.
Would appreciate if you could be more careful and respectful of this, you don't have to completely rip off the bark for the sake of footage for youtube videos.
How can you do this with bare hands, plz wear gloves or something
It’s not that dangerous, like, at all. Funnelwebs aren’t going to just run at you from inside their burrows.
Plus gloves are crazy uncomfortable for me.
Love the videos but the scientific greek names for the bugs was a bit of a headthrob. I'd stick with the plain english names. It's going to be hard for people to go between remembering the whacky names given as to the simplistic ones based on common languages.
Common names can lead to confusion. First of all, not every animal has a common name; in fact, I'd probably say most don't.
Some animals have multiple common names, and some share the same common name with others. For example, "crab spider" is used for both the Thomisidae and Sparassidae families.
Finally, common names can often be a little misleading taxonomically. King crickets, raspy crickets, bush crickets, camel crickets and Jerusalem crickets are not actually crickets. The electric eel isn't an eel. The camel spider isn't a spider. I could go on.
Big fuckin NOPE!!!
This guy really sticking his hand in possible spider nests
Dude use a stick or somethin
I don't put my fingers where I can't see them, and a spider isn't going to run out and attack anyway.
this guy has an unfair advantage over other spider youtube content creators : he lives in the 7th layer of hell, home all of satan-spawn, known as Australia.
Nah. Africa has easily the scariest animals.
And South America has by far the biggest spiders.
The Australia meme is tiresome, boring and inaccurate.
@@BugsandBiology dont be butthurt over a joke, dude. It's not like its inaccurate, and it's no more tired than being the 282349823749324th spider guy on youtube.
All I was doing was correcting a misconception. Nearly every “scary” animal in Australia either exists elsewhere too, or has a close equivalent elsewhere. And on top of that, we have very little in the way of dangerous megafauna like hippos and big cats.
@@BugsandBiology a joke is not a miconception, but thats a good try to explain being a humorless dickhead in your own comment section lol. you'll notice no one ACTUALLY thinks hell is located in australia, its hyperbole. good luck on growing that following with all this social grace lol.
Rather amusing to see you talk about “social grace” when simply getting corrected appears to stir that much anger in you.
3:24 He isnt " Gone "... You pused the poor bastard.