• Galerina sp. 'honey' (Cortinariaceae) 
Snails & Millipedes [Kevin Bonham]: 
• Paralaoma mucoides (just one native snail in more than four hours!) 
• Tasmaniosoma armatum (millipede) 
Beetles [Lynne & Kevin]: 
• Prostomus murinus (Curculionidae) a large 20mm weevil in rolled bark on the ground. 
• Sarothrocrepis inquinata (Carabidae) under bark of a standing dead tree. 
• Diphucephala colaspidoides (Scarabaeidae), 8mm. Remnants of this iridescent green beetle with white 
hairs underneath were found in the messy tangle of a spider nest in Leptospermum scoparium. The 
pitted elytra also matched the single wing cover Kevin found during lunch. The beetle feeds on tea tree 
flowers in late January' and is a coastal beetle not found above 300m (Peter McQuillan, pers com). 
• Tychiincie sp. TFIC 22 (Curculionidae), a small pretty weevil found deep in eucalypt bark 
• Agrypnus sp. TFIC 04 (Elateridae) 
• Isopteron triviale (Tenebrionidae) 
The rare scarab kn own from the reserve was elusive. Peter McQuillan informed Lynne that it is Xylonicus 
eucalypti , a late winter flying, yellowish green beetle with white hairs underneath. 
Spiders [by Lynne Forster]: 
• Neosparassus punctatus (Heteropodidae) (features visible are the white eyebrows, white spots on exterior 
of femur and pair of short lateral white lines ventrally). Under bark of E. amygdalim at shoulder height. 
• Plexippus valipus (Salticidae) (identifiable by the dark herringbone pattern posteriorally, pale bands on 
legs and white hairs between palps), (photo on web site) 
• Corasoides sp. (Stiphidiidae - but currently being revised as possibly belonging to Amaurobiidae). 
Identification based on the scaffold web across low tussocks leading to a tunnel. Cannot specify the 
species without seeing the spider. It is unusual for a spider that is not a Mygalomorph or wolf spider to 
excavate burrows. 
• Amaurobiidae sp. in a 4 cm bell-shaped web in Leptospermum scoparium. 
• In rolled bark lying on the ground were 3 other species of Salticids; 
• Two specimens of Steatoda livens (Theridiidae); 
• A species of Aaurobiidae (spotty legs); 
• A juvenile Heslemodema sp. (Zoridae); 
• An orange-legged Zodariidae and a red legged Gnaphosiidae with a black sternum. They were all females. 
• Under bark of a standing dead tree was the 2mm carapace of a Thomisidae. 
There is a poem about the spider web in our website excursion photos that you may find interesting: 
CORASOIDES AUSTRALIS by Phillip Hall 
Breathtaking 
The latticework of web suspended, 
over the lower branches of a peach blossom tea tree, 
by a labyrinth of threads 
glistening with morning dew; 
strings of bonsai pearls. 
My breath caught, I was drawn down 
through sheets of web 
to the funnel-shaped retreat, down 
through ground branches and grasses 
to the burrow of this basement dweller, 
Corasoides Australis, 
the builder of this silken radio telescope. 
The dish-platform a glistening, tactile waiting; listening 
for any entangled struggle, a tripped vibration, 
the giveaway signature of any predator or prey, 
an extension of the spider's central nervous system, 
the mask of Anancy. 
[Southerly, Spring 1998 v58 n3 p242(l) Full text © 1998 English Association] 
Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club BULLETIN 327 July 2007 p5 
