Megan Wright has a 'healthy respect' for the spiders that live around her home north of Cairns, but admits being 'very excited — and horrified' when she noticed a big golden orb spider eating a bat caught in its web.
abc.net.au/news/golden-orb-spider-eats-microbat-far-north-queensland/102235274Megan Wright has a "healthy respect" for the many spiders that live around her home in Far North Queensland, but a recent encounter with her resident golden orb spider stands out.She said the golden orb weaver appeared to eat parts of the bat
"I thought it was a beetle, like a big Christmas beetle … and then when I got closer, I realised it was a little microbat," Ms Wright said.Ms Wright said her house in Mowbray, north of Cairns, was surrounded by rainforest and was often visited by insects. "Most of your microbats are insect eaters, but you do get specialised ones like these golden-tipped bats that eat spiders," she said.
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