Photo Gallery: Night Creatures
![]() Photo Credit: Jacalyn Willis, 2002 |
A
tarantula with a red abdomen was living in a burrow in the ground.
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![]() Photo Credit: Jacalyn Willis, 2002 |
Tarantulas come out at night to hunt insects and small lizards. This one had legs that spread as far as the fingers on my hand. |
![]() Photo Credit: Jacalyn Willis, 2002 |
This blond-colored tarantula walked on the ceiling above the door to our room at night, hunting moths attracted to the light. |
Photo Credit: Jacalyn Willis, 2002 |
In the daytime the blond tarantula slept on our window sill. |
![]() Photo Credit: Jacalyn Willis, 2002 |
Coatimundis like to eat tarantulas, small snakes, lizards, big insects, and other creatures that live in leaf litter. |
![]() Photo Credit: Jacalyn Willis, 2002 |
We found this Marmosa watching us from a branch. |
![]() Photo Credit: Jacalyn Willis, 2002 |
The Marmosa was tiny, which is why they are also called Mouse Opossums. |
![]() Photo Credit: Jacalyn Willis, 2002 |
Greg looked up to see a large spider in her web just in front of his face (enlarge photo to see web and spider). |