1 Bird-dropping spider at Evatt, ACT
Identification history
| Celaenia calotoides | 12 Jul 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Unverified | 11 Jul 2019 | TimL |
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An historical sighting from 2013 of a truly beautiful and remarkable female spider, which I think might have been Celaenia calotoides Rainbow. The spider was observed over a 4-month period during which time she constructed 5 of her sea-mine shaped eggsacs, made from silk and parts of a certain moth species, which I understand she caught by emitting pheromone mimicking chemicals.
The first image shows her red head and eyes, with her long legs drawn together around her head.
The second image shows her constructing an eggsac and the third image her dealing with one of the many moths she caught.
The fourth image shows two of the completed eggsacs.
At the bottom of the final image one of the many hatched spiderlings had spun a silk thread across the rear spines on her body and hung from it for several days.
The spider was eventually killed by a White-tailed spider.
1 comment
GlennCocking
wrote:
20 Nov 2021
This is a Gelechioidea moth, quite different to the Noctuidae prey of Celaenia excavata.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.064104-35.213342
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Dec 2013 05:47 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Celaenia calotoides Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Celaenia calotoides Scientific name
- Bird-dropping spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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