Hortophora sp. (genus)
Garden orb weaver at Deakin, ACT
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| Hortophora sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 16 Apr 2019 | |
| Hortophora sp. (genus) | JonSteinbeck | 15 Apr 2019 |
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I also found this female Garden Orb Weaver in a partially destroyed spider web. I was able to see both sides of the spider. I thought it was repairing a broken web but I then noticed a black object it seemed to have at its fangs. Looking at the photographs later I guessed the object was an insect, which had been caught in the web. The web was in a bad way along the bottom threads but this spider was focussed on its food parcel.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.103323-35.326058
- Altitude 641.7m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Apr 2019 09:37 PM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra 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)
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