Philoponella congregabilis

Social house spider at Greenleigh, NSW

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Identification history

	Philoponella congregabilis	19 Sep 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	19 Sep 2020	LyndalT

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These spiders live around the windows of our house, outside. They build messy webs, with many spiders in each web (sometimes up to 100, fewer at the moment. They hang upside down in the web and have a high arched abdomen with protrusions that maybe are meant to look like eyes?

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Location information

Coordinates 149.250836 -35.364828
Places Greenleigh, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
19 Sep 2020 01:15 PM Recorded on
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LyndalT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other web-building spiders Spiders

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Philoponella congregabilis Scientific name
Social house spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 665.1m Recorded at altitude
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