Animals

Active day and night. Viviparous (live young). Produces 3 to 10 live young in late summer. Stays in areas of heavy cover unless basking.

Breeds from July-January. Males and females form pairs at the end of winter while feeding in flocks. The male carefully guards the female and defends a small nest site territory. The female builds a cup nest of grass and twigs in a tussock or low shrub. Both male and female assist with incubation of the eggs and feeding of the young.

Breeding season mainly October to December. May breed outside this season in response to rainfall. Both sexes share incubation of eggs and care of young. Builds nest in tall trees. Female lays 3 to 5 pale blue eggs. Incubation period 21-24 days. Young fly 40-45 days. Normally nomadic.

Breeds August-December. Builds an open cup nest of mud and grass, often under bridges and verandahs. The female incubates the eggs but both male and female build the nest and feed the young.

This introduced snail species can produce 60 eggs per clutch and as many as 40 clutches per year.

Breeding season: late winter to autumn. Females lay 500-1,000 pigmented eggs in a jelly mass, generally attached to submerged vegetation.

Active by day. Viviparous (live young). Females give birth to a maximum of 11 live young in late summer.

Feeds at night, catching its prey by waiting for an insect to 'trip' the silken threads outside the burrow. It then rushes out to grab its prey. Despite its common name, the entrance of this spider's burrow does not have a 'trap-door'. Trap-door spiders can live up to 20 years.

Viviparous (live young). Producing 20-30 live young late summer or early autumn. Active day and night.

Breeding season is from September through to December. The female constructs a dome-shaped sphere out of grasses lined with feathers. Clutch size is 3-4 although these eggs are not always fathered by the same male. The female incubates the eggs for 13-15 days. The family group will help with the feeding of the young.