Hortophora sp. (genus)
Garden orb weaver at Higgins, ACT
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| Hortophora sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Sep 2017 | |
| Hortophora transmarina | AlisonMilton | 15 Jun 2017 |
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User's notes
She is protecting an egg sac hidden in the nearby leaf. First sighted in March, she still has the egg sac now in June. Will continue to observe.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029729-35.238230
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Mar 2017 07:33 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hortophora sp. (genus) Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Species information
- Hortophora sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Garden orb weaver Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1242.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Eriophora sp. (genus) (Garden Orb-weaver)