Euryopis umbilicata

2 Striped tick spider at Holt, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

	Euryopis umbilicata	26 Nov 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Euryopis umbilicata	25 Nov 2020	AlisonMilton

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Was watching a spider scurrying around the trunk. It was totally uninterested in the many lady beetle larvae and seemingly avoiding the many meat ants. Was distracted before spotting that it had collected an ant so unsure if it caught a live ant or found a dead one. As per my previous sighting it then attached the ant to its abdomen. I was then further distracted by someone asking what I was photographing and when I looked again the spider had gathered a second ant, which it also attached to its abdomen. It the spent much time navigating to avoid the live meat ants on the trunk. At this time I also noticed that there were three additional spiders on the trunk and there was a bit of altercation when this spider met with one of the others. It eventually found a safe alcove under some bark.

1 comment

YumiCallaway wrote:

26 Nov 2020

Thanks for the detailed description Alison - it adds on behavioural observations nicely to the photographs!

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.020563 -35.222233
Altitude 567.6m
Places Holt, ACT

Sighting information

4 Abundance
23 Nov 2020 11:59 PM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
Collections
AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other web-building spiders Spiders

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Euryopis umbilicata Scientific name
Striped tick spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 812.01m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information
Synonyms
Euryopis superba

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania