Spiders (Araneae)

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The following moderators provide knowledge and expertise for Spiders (Araneae):

YumiCallaway  |  woyapp  |  Bron  |  AndrewO  |  BravoSiera117

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Overview

Tips for submitting spider sightings: 

Photos from various angles are sometimes necessary for specific ID.

• front (eye arrangement, pedipalp colour)
• dorsal (above - general colouration, carapace and abdomen patterns)
• ventral (underneath - especially useful for some of the ground-dwelling families and orb-weaving families)
• side (further details for general shape, abdomen patterns and eye configuration)
• back (further details for abdomen pattern).

Comments or photos on the following also provides valuable information if/when such features are applicable and observed...

• surroundings and location (eg. ground, leaf litter, hand rail, tree trunk)
• web structure and silk use (eg. orb, messy & tangled, throwing silk)
• breeding (eg. display, egg sac)
• behaviour (eg. hunting, interaction, familiarity with people such as the threatening display of a huntsman or the friendly and curious jumping spiders that jump onto the camera lens)
• notable, unique, exciting or strange observations (eg. spur-like protrusions from legs, camouflage, mimicry)

Please note that the size of the spider is measured by body length.

• body size is from the top of the cephalothorax (head) to the tip of the abdomen without including the legs.

(Updated: October, 2022. Please feel free to message a spider moderator if you have any queries or suggestions for improvement)

Moderator list with knowledge and interest areas:

AndrewO: (Andrew O'Meara)

Bron: (Bronwyn King)

hannahzurcher: 

woyapp: (Emma Collins)

YumiCallaway: jumping spiders (Salticidae), crab spiders (Thomisidae), swift spiders & ant mimics (Corinnidae), comb-footed spiders (Theridiidae), ant-eating spiders (Zodariidae)

 

Resources: 

• Field guide

A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia authored by Robert Whyte & Greg Anderson

• A good introduction:

http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/araneae.html

• All about Australian spiders:

http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2409

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Spiders (Araneae)

• Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae)
• Jumping & peacock spiders (Salticidae)
• Wolf spiders (Lycosidae)
• Other hunting spiders
• Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
• Trapdoor, Funnelweb & Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae)
• Other web-building spiders
• Water spiders (Pisauridae)

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