Araneus sp. (genus)

2 Orb weaver at Weston, ACT

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2 comments

MatthewFrawley wrote:

   14 Nov 2018

Looks similar to this sighting: Araneus sp. (genus) (Orb weaver) on 21 Nov 2014

KimPullen wrote:

   14 Nov 2018

Yes it does look similar. Possibly Araneus circulissparsus, going by images in Whyte & Anderson's 'A field guide to spiders of Australia' (CSIRO Publishing, 2017).

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.059978-35.326312
• Places Weston, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 13 Nov 2018 03:16 PM Recorded on
• MatthewFrawley Recorded by

• Collections

  Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

• Araneus sp. (genus) Scientific name
• Orb weaver Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1392.8m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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