Cymbacha ocellata
Crab spider at Higgins, ACT
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| Cymbacha ocellata | KimPullen | 19 Mar 2017 | |
| Cymbacha ocellata | KimPullen | 19 Mar 2017 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 12 Feb 2017 |
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User's notes
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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20 Mar 2017
The round black insect hiding in the disintegrating spider nest is a ladybird beetle. This could be made a separate sighting.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.028815-35.236767
- Altitude 621.6m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2017 08:12 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cymbacha ocellata Other hunting spiders Spiders
Species information
- Cymbacha ocellata Scientific name
- Crab spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 759.2m Recorded at altitude
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