Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Austracantha minax | 29 Jun 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 28 Jun 2019 | TimL |
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User's notes
Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting.
6 comments
donhe
wrote:
29 Jun 2019
Laura Levens found a similar one in Victoria, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychr.html
We reckoned it might be a Lepidoscia species.
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychr.html
We reckoned it might be a Lepidoscia species.
donhe
wrote:
29 Jun 2019
Could you detach the twig and take it into protective custody, and watch it for a year or so, to see what might come out?
CathB
wrote:
30 Jun 2019
This could be a spider egg sac rather than a moth. See Austracantha minax sightings 3390518, 3385253 and 3389316.
TimL
wrote:
30 Jun 2019
Thanks for this information. I'll keep watching the egg sac and try and record what emerges.
Regards,
Tim
Regards,
Tim
Location information
- Coordinates 149.105174-35.273106
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Jun 2019 12:52 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
Illilanga flagged sightings TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austracantha minax Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Austracantha minax Scientific name
- Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 966.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Gasteracantha minax
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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