Megadolomedes australianus
Giant water spider at Cotter River, ACT
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| Megadolomedes australianus | MichaelMulvaney | 5 May 2017 | |
| Megadolomedes australianus | HarveyPerkins | 31 Mar 2017 |
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Leg span (front to back) would easily have been 60-65 mm
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.874122-35.314595
- Maps Lower Cotter Catchment
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Mar 2017 02:05 PM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
Collections
- Spiders Water spiders (Pisauridae) HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Megadolomedes australianus
Species information
- Megadolomedes australianus Scientific name
- Giant water spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 635.7m Recorded at altitude
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