Prostheclina pallida
3 Orange jumping spider at Acton, ACT
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| Prostheclina pallida | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Sep 2019 | |
| Prostheclina pallida | YumiCallaway | 18 Sep 2019 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 17 Sep 2019 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
20 Sep 2019
1st record of this species for Canberra area, may have been introduced to Botanic Gardens in fern material originating from the coast.
User's notes
Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting on a handrail in ANBG's Rainforest Gully.
4 comments
18 Sep 2019
These are some references:
https://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/salticidae/Salticidae.html
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2145
This individual's appearance and shape match those of the images in the link of the male Prostheclina bulburin with vibrant orange hairs around the eyes and a clear-creamy colour on the rest of the body with minimal patterns.
In the second link, part of the description is that they are found "on foliage in tropical and temperate rainforests or wet eucalypt forest, frequently on ferns". Considering you found it in the Rainforest Gully, it adds to the likelihood that this is an accurate ID. It may be a different species from Prostheclina because of this individual's lack of black hairs which seem to be another indicator for the species, but I feel that this is the closest match (and there aren't any sections for Prostheclina on CNM yet).
Nice photos by the way!
https://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/salticidae/Salticidae.html
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2145
This individual's appearance and shape match those of the images in the link of the male Prostheclina bulburin with vibrant orange hairs around the eyes and a clear-creamy colour on the rest of the body with minimal patterns.
In the second link, part of the description is that they are found "on foliage in tropical and temperate rainforests or wet eucalypt forest, frequently on ferns". Considering you found it in the Rainforest Gully, it adds to the likelihood that this is an accurate ID. It may be a different species from Prostheclina because of this individual's lack of black hairs which seem to be another indicator for the species, but I feel that this is the closest match (and there aren't any sections for Prostheclina on CNM yet).
Nice photos by the way!
20 Sep 2019
Also see
https://media.australianmuseum.net.au/media/Uploads/Journals/18046/1471_complete.pdf
https://media.australianmuseum.net.au/media/Uploads/Journals/18046/1471_complete.pdf
21 Sep 2019
Barry Richardson of CSIRO provided the following "The one with the furry red face and no brush on the front legs is P. pallida. The one with the brush on first legs is P. amplior. P. bulburin is a Queensland species. P. pallida should not be here, only amplior. P. pallida loves ferns, hiding on the undersurface of the frond at lower altitudes nearer the coast."
21 Sep 2019
Thanks to all involved in identifying this sighting. To me, this demonstrates the importance and value of Canberra Nature Map, and of contributing to it. Tim.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109082-35.278047
- Altitude 606.3m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Sep 2019 01:31 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant Spiders Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Prostheclina pallida
Species information
- Prostheclina pallida Scientific name
- Orange jumping spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 608.3m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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