Biodiversity in Soil and Leaf Litter
ARTHROPODS - joint-legged animals, such as slaters, insects and spiders. The most important soil arthropods that decompose organic matter are springtails and mites. While numerous, they are less obvious because they are small. Their food ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Family Achilidae
The Family Achilidae are mainly fungal feeding species often living in leaf litter or under logs. The wings are usually held almost horizontally when folded over the abdomen. Typical forms are drab in colour, although there are some outstanding ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Avery Gilbert
AVERY GILBERT is a psychologist, smell scientist, and entrepreneur. His groundbreaking studies in odor perception have been published in scientific journals, and he has helped design commercial scents for everything from perfume to kitty litter. ... [... more]
Random House |
Emily Fragos
Emily Fragos is an award-winning poet and editor of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poets anthologies This delightful anthology gives us a teeming litter of literary tributes to the ever-fascinating, ever-mystifying cat. The feline has inspired ... [... more]
Random House |
Biological Soil Crusts
ARTHROPOD - joint-legged animals, such as slaters, insects and spiders. The soil and leaf litter world is teeming with a great variety and number of living creatures. It rivals coral reefs as one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. It is a ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
White-tailed Spider
White-tailed Spiders may be found in the bush beneath bark, rocks or leaf litter, however unless you are looking for them, they are not often seen. Both species were described by L. Koch in 1866 and 1873 respectively. White-tailed Spiders have a ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Ground spiders
This is a vast and diverse group of spiders found all over Australia from rainforests to deserts. Most are vagrant hunters that are especially common in forest and woodland habitats, living in leaf litter and under bark. Some are highly ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Wolf Spiders
Wolf spiders are found throughout Australia. They are robust, agile hunters that live on the ground in leaf litter or burrows. They are often found in lawns and gardens. Wolf spiders are found in habitats ranging from dry inland shrublands and ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Leotia lubrica
Description and distribution map for Leotia lubrica in Australia. Leotia lubrica is a cosmopolitan ascomycete. It grows singly or in small colonies amongst leaf litter on forest floors. The thick stems are very slimy because of a layer of ... [... more]
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