Social house spider at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Philoponella congregabilis | 11 Oct 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Philoponella congregabilis | 8 Oct 2020 | TimL |
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One of the black-coloured versions. The images show how these venomless spiders wrap their prey tightly in a silk covering before injecting digestive fluid into the covering. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.106587-35.274640
- Altitude 639.1m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Oct 2020 10:53 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Spiders Other web-building spiders TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
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
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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