Araneus circulissparsus (species group)

4 Speckled Orb-weaver at Holt, ACT

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Identification history

Araneus circulissparsus (species group)	31 Oct 2020	Bron
Araneus circulissparsus (species group)	31 Oct 2020	Harrisi
Araneus cyrtarachnoides	31 Oct 2020	Harrisi

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4 comments

Bron wrote:

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.

Harrisi wrote:

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!

Harrisi wrote:

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.

Bron wrote:

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 :).

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
28 Oct 2020 06:53 PM Recorded on
Harrisi Recorded by
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Harrisi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Araneus circulissparsus (species group) Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders

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5mm to 12mm Animal size

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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