Badumna insignis

Black House Spider at Higgins, ACT

Badumna insignis at Higgins, ACT - 7 Sep 2020
Badumna insignis at Higgins, ACT - 7 Sep 2020
Badumna insignis at Higgins, ACT - 7 Sep 2020
Badumna insignis at Higgins, ACT - 7 Sep 2020
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Identification history

Badumna insignis 8 Oct 2020 KimPullen
Badumna insignis 14 Sep 2020 AlisonMilton

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User's notes

Sat on the bricks outside the back door for at least 24 hours. Came out the next night to find it dangling from a single thread.

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

  • Badumna insignis Scientific name
  • Black House Spider Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 840m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Amaurobius robustus Ixeuticus robustus

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