Cecilia Cave
Trip Date: 2024-03-01
I'm not sure of the name of this cave, but it is on Cecilia Ridge, so I've called it Cecilia Cave. It is a tube approximately 2m in diameter that goes straight into the mountain for about 15m. Its very dry and dusty. There is a large pile of plant material (1.2m high) in the middle of the cave. This pile was there when I last visited the cave in the late 1990s.
Spiders and moths were the largest groups of inhabitants.
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מה
פטריות (ממלכה Fungi)מתצפת.ת
peterswartתיאור
Bright, almost luminous fungus on the rock face.
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מה
פטריות (ממלכה Fungi)מתצפת.ת
peterswartתיאור
Hair like strands growing on guano. There were also much lighter coloured threads in the sand nearby, that formed a web under the sand. When the edge was pulled, it seemed like I was pulled the edge of a piece of net under the sand. The surrounding floor is extremely dry and dusty.
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מה
פרפראים ועשים (סדרה Lepidoptera)מתצפת.ת
peterswartתיאור
At least three of the moths observed in this cave were resting on spider webs. When disturbed, they flew off quite easily.
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מתצפת.ת
peterswartתיאור
Large spider in messy web under a ledge at floor level. There were two exoskeletons from previous moults lying under the web.
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מה
Somethingמתצפת.ת
peterswartתיאור
Half way along the length of the cave is a large (1.2m high) pile of plant material. It looks like it has poured from the ceiling, but there is no hole above the pile. This pile was there when I last visited the cave in the late 1990s. There is a little dry hard mud on the top of the pile. The spots in the picture are from the camera flash lighting up all the dust in the air.
תמונות/קולות
מה
פרפראים ועשים (סדרה Lepidoptera)מתצפת.ת
peterswartתיאור
Another moth happily resting on an old spider web.
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