Prostheclina amplior
Orange Jumping Spider at Acton, ACT
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| Prostheclina amplior | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Sep 2019 | |
| Prostheclina pallida | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Sep 2019 | |
| Prostheclina bulburin | YumiCallaway | 18 Sep 2019 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 17 Sep 2019 |
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A very active Jumping Spider sighted on a handrail in ANBG's Rainforest Gully.
3 comments
18 Sep 2019
The same reasoning as the ones commented on this sighting: Unidentified on 13 Sep 2019
The only difference being that this one has the distinct black hairs on the front legs which the other sighting does not. I'm sure this individual is Prostheclina bulburin.
The only difference being that this one has the distinct black hairs on the front legs which the other sighting does not. I'm sure this individual is Prostheclina bulburin.
20 Sep 2019
Thanks Yumi - have settled on the genus as it would be a big and disjunct range extension of bulburin, but you may well be proved right.
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..."
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108808-35.277732
- Altitude 610.8m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Sep 2019 01:27 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Prostheclina amplior Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae) Spiders
Species information
- Prostheclina amplior Scientific name
- Orange Jumping Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 616.8m Recorded at altitude
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