Araneus circulissparsus (species group)
4 Speckled Orb-weaver at Holt, ACT
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| Araneus circulissparsus (species group) | Bron | 31 Oct 2020 | |
| Araneus circulissparsus (species group) | Harrisi | 31 Oct 2020 | |
| Araneus cyrtarachnoides | Harrisi | 31 Oct 2020 |
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4 comments
31 Oct 2020
I think this might be in the Araneus talipedatus group or Araneus circulissparsus group? Araneus cyrtarachnoides on ALA seems to have tan legs and head and is shown north of Brisbane.
31 Oct 2020
Good call Bron, though to my eyes t doesn't seem to fit these two either. My loose suggestion was to get the ball rolling...might give it a go on the FB Australian Arachnids site, some astute experts there...tbc ! Bottom line, whatever it is, a very beautiful ord-weaver!
31 Oct 2020
OK, got word from Adam Parsons on the FB Australian and NZ Arachnid photography site and pretty happy with that, thanks again Bron.
31 Oct 2020
No worries Stuart, Adam knows his spiders - it's indeed a beautiful and very varied group. I've found individuals about 8 times over as many years and they're all so different to each other :).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075672-35.268802
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2020 06:53 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Harrisi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Araneus circulissparsus (species group) Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Species information
- Araneus circulissparsus (species group) Scientific name
- Speckled Orb-weaver Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 902.05m Recorded at altitude
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