by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Hard Ticks (Family: Ixodidae) Hard ticks are parasites that feed on the blood of their hosts. Of the 70 species described in Australia, 56 are hard ticks and 14 are soft ticks (family Argasidae), and around 16 of them are known to feed on human blood, however, over...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Spiders, Scorpions and Allies (Class: Arachnida) Australia has a reputation for having more than its fair share of dangerous spiders, with the funnel-webs and redback spiders topping the list. Spiders tend to instill more fear in humans than many other groups of...
