1 Net-casting Spider at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Deinopidae (family) | 9 Mar 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Asianopis subrufa | 28 Jan 2020 | YumiCallaway | ||
| Unidentified | 28 Jan 2020 | kdm |
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A large brown velvety spider with huge front-facing eyes.
1 comment
YumiCallaway
wrote:
28 Jan 2020
Nice find!
I think this resembles the colouration of an adult female Deinopis subrufa, but I'm happy to go with Deinopidae (family) too.
Some links:
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1528
https://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/Deinopidae/Deinopidae.html
https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_weavers/NetCasting.htm
A similar species appears to be Deinopis ravida, however, we could be out of range:
https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_weavers/CommonNetCasting.htm
I think this resembles the colouration of an adult female Deinopis subrufa, but I'm happy to go with Deinopidae (family) too.
Some links:
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1528
https://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/Deinopidae/Deinopidae.html
https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_weavers/NetCasting.htm
A similar species appears to be Deinopis ravida, however, we could be out of range:
https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_weavers/CommonNetCasting.htm
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.154095-35.260987
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Jan 2020 12:00 AM Recorded on
- kdm Recorded by
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Deinopidae (family) Scientific name
- Net-casting Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 754.13m Recorded at altitude
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