Prostheclina amplior

Orange Jumping Spider at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Prostheclina amplior	20 Sep 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Prostheclina pallida	20 Sep 2019	MichaelMulvaney
Prostheclina bulburin	18 Sep 2019	YumiCallaway
Unverified	17 Sep 2019	TimL

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A very active Jumping Spider sighted on a handrail in ANBG's Rainforest Gully.

3 comments

YumiCallaway wrote:

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.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

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.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

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..."

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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
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Spiders Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

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
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania