Maratus calcitrans (Kicking peacock spider)

Maratus calcitrans

2 Kicking peacock spider at Black Mountain

5 images

Identification history

Maratus calcitrans	15 Dec 2018	MichaelMulvaney
Maratus calcitrans	13 Dec 2018	silversea_starsong
Salticidae (family)	13 Dec 2018	silversea_starsong

Author's notes

While trying to flush crickets, something else jumped out! Maratus sp. -- no option to select this genus in the identify section.

1 comment

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

13 Dec 2018

Great Photos - there seems to be a relationship of presence of this spider and time since last fire and any Black Mountain record will help us check this relationship further - thanks for the posting

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Location information

Defined Locations Black Mountain
Places Hackett, ACT

Species information

Sensitive
Very Rare / Threatened
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

1 Abundance
29 Oct 2018 4:22 PM Recorded on
silversea_starsong Recorded by
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