Austracantha minax

Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Bruce, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.090092-35.248907
• Altitude 629.3m
• Maps Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill
• Places Bruce, ACT

Sighting information

• 2 Abundance
• 12 Nov 2019 08:40 AM Recorded on
• AlisonMilton Recorded by

• Collections

  AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm 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
• Machine learning
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• Synonyms

  Gasteracantha minax

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