The “donkey” is an orchid.
The “spider” is an actual spider, on the orchid.
The large orchid is impossible to miss.
However, to enjoy a good look at the tiny spider you should zoom in on/ enlarge the featured image… and then inspect the uppermost part of the donkey orchid.
Photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken in Perth’s Shenton Bushland at 3.49 pm on 26 August 2023.
Many donkey orchids were blooming..and many other flowers too.
The next two posts are also fruits of the same afternoon stroll in Shenton Bushland.
Perth’s western suburbs are remarkably well-endowed with bushy places, lakes and wetlands, as you can see on this map.
The map’s “jewels” are Kings Park, Bold Park, Lake Claremont and Shenton Bushland.
Two other jewels – Herdsman Lake and Lake Monger – are just off the map, to its north.