( Pieridae ) are scarce, although the Caper White may occasion- 
ally be seen in gardens. Hovering over flowers and flying in 
short, jerky skips is the typical flight of Skippers or Hesperidae . 
In the glades and open spaces, the Common Brown 
( Heteronympha merope ) with its differently marked male and 
female, and the Orange Butterfly ( Papilio anactus ) are 
abundant. 
Amongst the moths, the day-time visitors will not notice 
many, although careful searching of the tree trunks may show 
specimens of some of the Boarmids, with their grey, expanded 
wings merging into the colouring of the bark. If fortunate, 
a caterpillar or two of the large native silk-worm ( Antheraea 
Helena), which feeds on the young gum-tips, may be found. This 
caterpillar, when fully fed. measures three inches or so in 
length and is much thicker than one’s thumb ; its cocoon of brown 
silk is hard and somewhat smaller. 
SEVERAL varieties of the former occur in the reserves, under 
bark, stones, and similar situations. Accordingly, care must 
be exercised when stripping bark off trees, for many of the 
smaller scorpions are so much like the bark in colour as to be 
hardly seen at first. The larger species, up to three inches in 
length, are more likely to be found under stones and logs. 
Spiders of infinite variety abound in all manner of places. 
The Orb-weavers ( Araneidae ) spin their cart-wheel webs among 
the bushes, while under bark the visitor may be alarmed at the 
large size of the giant crab-spiders f Sparr ~ j1 *' 1 
Fig. 33. — Nymphal case and adult of 
Bright-eyed Cicada (Psaltocla 
moerens ) . 
Scorpions and Spiders 
