Oyster Harbour Catchment Group
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  • PROJECTS
    • Regional Landcare Program
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    • EOI revegetation and fencing opportunity
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      • Great Southern Bioblitz
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      • Albany and Surrounds Cat Blog
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White-tailed Spider
Lampona spp 

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​These spiders have suffered from bad press during recent decades, with widespread claims that their bites are responsible for necrotic legions but their bite actually only cause “minor effects in most cases” and are “very unlikely to cause necrotic ulcers”.  These spiders don’t spin silk to catch prey but are instead hunters of other spiders, finding and attacking them in their own webs. During the day will shelter outside under leaf litter, bark or rocks.
 
 
Fun fact: White-tailed spiders have special tufts of hair called scopulae at the ends of their legs, which allows then to walk on smooth, upright surfaces and across ceilings and windowpanes
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Karridale Farm


​Home of local O'Gready Family who have called the Porongurup Ranges home for generations. Passionate community members and volunteers, hosting many Porongurup festivals over the years. See more ​https://porongurup.asn.au/porongurup-festival-2022/
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We acknowledge the Minang and Koreng people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live. We pay our respects to the Elders, past, present, and emerging and to the wider Noongar community. 

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Our Groups Story >
      • Meet our Committee of Volunteers
      • Meet Our Staff
      • Meet our Life Members
      • Our Fellow Community Groups
      • Funding
      • Sponsors and Supporters
    • What is a catchment? >
      • Catchment History
    • Natural Resources
    • Threats >
      • Erosion
      • Cats: Feral, Stray and Domestic
      • Feral Rodents
      • Invasive Plants
    • Natural Assets >
      • King River
      • Lakes and Wetlands
      • Biodiversity >
        • Spiders
        • Rakali (Australian water rat)
        • Bats
        • Western Ringtail Possum
        • Oyster Harbour (Miaritch) >
          • Seagrass meadows
          • Oyster Reef Restoration
  • PROJECTS
    • Regional Landcare Program
    • Looking Forward, Looking Back: farm planning
    • Healthy Estuaries WA >
      • Nutrient Mapping
    • Soil Wise
    • Ranges Link
    • Past Projects
  • GET INVOLVED
    • Membership
    • Donate
    • Have Your Say
    • Southern Grazer Network
    • EOI revegetation and fencing opportunity
    • EOI for 1080 Training
    • Citizen Science and other volunteering opportunities >
      • Great Southern Bioblitz
    • Albany and Surrounds Feral Cat Working Group >
      • Albany and Surrounds Cat Blog
    • Optimising Plant Nutrition, for Growers!
    • Caring for the Catchment: OHCG's AGM
  • CONTACT US
  • RESOURCES
    • Newsletter
    • For Youth and the Youthful at Heart