Badumna insignis

Black House Spider at Ainslie, ACT

Badumna insignis at Ainslie, ACT - 1 Nov 2018
Badumna insignis at Ainslie, ACT - 1 Nov 2018
Badumna insignis at Ainslie, ACT - 1 Nov 2018
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Identification history

Badumna insignis 15 Mar 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Badumna insignis 19 Jan 2019 jb2602

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Showing how they will take on insects much bigger than themselves and the effectiveness of their webs.

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Species information

  • Badumna insignis Scientific name
  • Black House Spider Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 840m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Amaurobius robustus Ixeuticus robustus
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