Paraembolides sp. (genus)

A Slender Funnel-web spider at Cotter River, ACT

Paraembolides sp. (genus) at Cotter River, ACT - 4 Aug 2019
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Identification history

Paraembolides sp. (genus) 16 Aug 2022 EmmaCollins
Mygalomorphae (infraorder) 17 Aug 2019 KimPullen
Unidentified 5 Aug 2019 rawshorty

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I assume a water Spider as it was on the water.

2 comments

Christine wrote:
   23 Sep 2019
It appears to me to have two tails. ???
KimPullen wrote:
   11 Dec 2019
Not a water spider; they live in burrows in the ground. The two 'tails' are spinnerets, where the spider's silk comes out.

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