Missulena occatoria
Red-headed Mouse Spider at Yaouk, ACT
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| Missulena occatoria | MichaelBedingfield | 14 Jun 2019 | |
| Missulena occatoria | gem | 13 Jun 2019 |
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User's notes
Roaming across the path in the middle of the day, quite fast and not at all concerned by stomping boots. Bright red head. We thought it could’ve been a funnel web but did some quick research when we got home and discovered it’s true identity as a red headed mouse spider.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.177605-35.244927
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Yaouk, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Jun 2019 02:30 PM Recorded on
- gem Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- gem NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Missulena occatoria Trapdoor, Funnelweb or Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae) Spiders
Species information
- Missulena occatoria Scientific name
- Red-headed Mouse Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 899m Recorded at altitude
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4 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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