Cyclosa trilobata
Three-lobed spider at Melba, ACT
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| Cyclosa trilobata | YumiCallaway | 25 Apr 2020 | |
| Cyclosa trilobata | Bron | 25 Apr 2020 |
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4 comments
25 Apr 2020
Nice ID skills, Bron!
Clear resemblance of the female C. trilobata pictured on the top right of p. 71 of Whyte & Anderson's guide: dark/black body with a bright orange strip along the three-lobed-abdomen. Please note that revisions of Cyclosa should be explored as they come - to clarify ID - as ID among Cyclosa spp is thought to currently lack precision. It also specifically says under the photos identified as C. trilobata, that "This species, here identified under one name, could well be many species."
Clear resemblance of the female C. trilobata pictured on the top right of p. 71 of Whyte & Anderson's guide: dark/black body with a bright orange strip along the three-lobed-abdomen. Please note that revisions of Cyclosa should be explored as they come - to clarify ID - as ID among Cyclosa spp is thought to currently lack precision. It also specifically says under the photos identified as C. trilobata, that "This species, here identified under one name, could well be many species."
25 Apr 2020
Thanks Yumi Sounds like it should be revised as well but there's a dearth of taxonomists and so many species!
26 Apr 2020
Hi Yumi. Have you noticed that there are two entries for this species in the Field Guide? One has a hyphen in three-lobed and the other doesn't. Your two recent IDs have gone into one, but a previous sighting (3392457) is in the other. As a moderator, are you able to merge these two? It's so good to have an enthusiastic spider moderator looking at these sightings. Thanks, Cath
26 Apr 2020
Oh, you're right! I hadn't noticed (whoever made the second mustn't have realised there already was one either). Thanks a lot for keeping an eye out and letting me know!! They both seem to have the same information on the species page so I will move your sighting to the "Three-lobed spider" page (rather than move two sightings to the other one) and remove the other species page. Thanks again :)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.053065-35.208802
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2011 11:48 AM Recorded on
- Bron Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Bron Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cyclosa trilobata Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Species information
- Cyclosa trilobata Scientific name
- Three-lobed spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 737.22m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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