Opisthoncus sp. (genus)

1 Unidentified Opisthoncus jumping spider at Acton, ACT

Opisthoncus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 30 Apr 2019
Opisthoncus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 30 Apr 2019
Opisthoncus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 30 Apr 2019
Opisthoncus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 30 Apr 2019
Opisthoncus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 30 Apr 2019
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Opisthoncus sp. (genus) 2 May 2019 KimPullen
Unidentified 2 May 2019 TimL

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A small and active Jumping Spider on a handrail in the gloom of the ANBG Rainforest Gully.

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KimPullen wrote:
   3 May 2019
A female. May be O. grassator or O. nigrofemoratus, the females of which look practically indistinguishable in Whyte & Anderson's 'A field guide to spiders of Australia'.

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