Austracantha minax

Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

	Austracantha minax	29 Jun 2019	KimPullen
	Unidentified	28 Jun 2019	TimL

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User's notes

Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting.

6 comments

donhe wrote:

29 Jun 2019

Laura Levens found a similar one in Victoria, see
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/psyc/psychr.html
We reckoned it might be a Lepidoscia species.

donhe wrote:

29 Jun 2019

Could you detach the twig and take it into protective custody, and watch it for a year or so, to see what might come out?

TimL wrote:

29 Jun 2019

Thanks Don. I'll see what I can do.
Tim

CathB wrote:

30 Jun 2019

This could be a spider egg sac rather than a moth. See Austracantha minax sightings 3390518, 3385253 and 3389316.

TimL wrote:

30 Jun 2019

Thanks for this information. I'll keep watching the egg sac and try and record what emerges.
Regards,
Tim

KimPullen wrote:

30 Jun 2019

Yes Cath, it's an egg sac of a Christmas spider.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.105174 -35.273106
Maps ANBG
Places Hackett, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
27 Jun 2019 12:52 PM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
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Illilanga flagged sightings Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size

Species information

Austracantha minax Scientific name
Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 966.7m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Gasteracantha minax

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