Cymbacha ocellata

Crab spider at Higgins, ACT

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Cymbacha ocellata 19 Mar 2017 KimPullen
Cymbacha ocellata 19 Mar 2017 KimPullen
Unverified 12 Feb 2017 AlisonMilton

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There are many of these 'leaf caves' on a small eucalypt tree. The tip of the leaf is folded over into a 'tent'. This is the spider that occupied one of the 'tents'. There were also spiderlings so perhaps the white ovals on its back are further egg sacs. I put the spider back after I photographed it.

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KimPullen wrote:
   20 Mar 2017
The round black insect hiding in the disintegrating spider nest is a ladybird beetle. This could be made a separate sighting.

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