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Red Headed Mouse Spider 15Jun2020 After a couple of days of nice rains and heavy fog on the hills in the morning, met this guy as walking back down Horsnells Gully. Apologies for the quality - my S5Mini...<br /> Took a vid:<br /> <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="282" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5TmHDhGp1C0?hd=1&autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></section> Horsnells Gully,Missulena occatoria,Red Headed Mouse Spider,Red-headed mouse spider Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Red Headed Mouse Spider 15Jun2020

After a couple of days of nice rains and heavy fog on the hills in the morning, met this guy as walking back down Horsnells Gully. Apologies for the quality - my S5Mini...
Took a vid:

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Love this post, thanks also for adding video! Posted 5 years ago
  2. View Mark Ridgway's profile
    Mark Ridgway
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    Love those redheads. Yet to see one in the wild. Posted 5 years ago
    1. View betsuin's profile
      betsuin
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      Always very startling when you come across one! Posted 5 years ago
  4. View Ruth Spigelman's profile
    Ruth Spigelman
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    I join Mark ^...I've yet to see in a natural habitat - lucky you! Thank you for sharing here. Posted 5 years ago

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The Red-headed mouse spider

''Missulena occatoria'', known as the red-headed mouse spider, is found in Southern Australia, from open forest to desert shrubland. It is the largest and most widely distributed ''Missulena'' species, because the spiderlings are wind-dispersed. Normally this only occurs with araneomorph spiders, mygalomorph spiders normally disperse by walking.

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Uploaded Jun 15, 2020. Captured Jun 15, 2020 14:30.
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  • SM-G800Y
  • f/2.4
  • 1/33s
  • ISO160
  • 3.3mm