Excursion to  Tinderbox Hills,  5 July 2008
  Tinderbox Hills are 20km south of Hobart, Tasmania.
 

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Weevil Gonipterus scutellatus,
which can be a pest of Eucalypts.

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Helicarion cuvieri and weevil.

Kevin found the snail and weevil cuddled up together in a piece of bark; not sure what was going on.

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Stiphidion facetum (Stiphidiidae), commonly called the sombrero spider or crinoline spider, due to the shape of its web.

Under an over hanging rock the web is attached from a point above where there is a retreat funnel, and spreads downwards and out to catch falling insects. Owing to a lack of overhanging surfaces at Tinderbox Hills, this spider had made its web in a large roll of bark.

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This cute little fungus was less than a centimetre long.

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A typical view of the grassy Eucalyptus globulus forest
on the ridgeline of Tinderbox Hills.  MW

Photos by Abbey Throssell, Mark Wapstra
Caption assistance from Lynne Forster