Our hypothesis is a spider, look at those threads of silk! Only....????? when you compare them to the local leaf spider, the leaves are too tightly closed!???? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonognatha_graeffei
And take a look at this amazing web site which is about an area just north of us! http://calamvalecreek.awardspace.com/lydia.html
We have nearly 10 on our baby tree. Erica has opened up a leaf a while ago and a spider gave her a big fright, so she is nervous to open one up again....time for some experiments I think!
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