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Animal or plant?
Finding a strange or unfamiliar living thing immediately prompts the question “What is it?”. Is it an animal or a plant? Are there other kinds of organisms?
Black Rock Scorpion
Urodacus manicatus
Information Sheet on the Black Rock Scorpion with description, distribution and biology.
Is my spider a boy or a girl?
Information Sheet on determining the sex of a spider.
Little Marbled Scorpion
Lychas marmoreus
Information Sheet on the Little Marbled Scorpion featuring description, distribution and biology.
Melbourne Trap-door Spider
Stanwellia
sp.
Information sheet on the Melbourne Trapdoor Spider with description, habits and venom potential.
Red-back Spider
Latrodectus hasseltii
Information sheet on the Red-back spider with description, habits and venom potential.
Scorpion facts and fallacies
Information Sheet on scorpions examining some of the urban myths and bizarre facts surrounding these animals.
Scorpions
Information Sheet providing an introduction to the biology of scorpions.
Southern or Wood Scorpion
Cercophonius squama
Information Sheet on the Southern or Wood Scorpion featuring description, distribution and biology.
Spiders – meet your housemates!
Meet eight of the most common spiders that live in Melbourne homes and backyards.
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