Miturgidae (family)

False wolf spider at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Miturgidae (family)	27 Nov 2020	YumiCallaway
	Unverified	27 Nov 2020	ruthkerruish

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Is this a Daddy-long legs?

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YumiCallaway wrote:

27 Nov 2020

Your individual appears to be Argoctenus sp (Wandering Ghost Spider) which has recently been moved to the family Miturgidae (Prowling spiders) in the subfamily Zorinae. Please see the following link for further information on Miturgidae: http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2589

Daddy long-legs are from a different family (i.e. Pholcidae). Please see: http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1623

Hopefully the images there can help you get a better feel for differences between these families. Otherwise, there are other sources online too which could help! (eg. ALA would have quite a collection of images)

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Location information

Coordinates 149.098633 -35.338178
Altitude 621.3m
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
26 Nov 2020 11:44 AM Recorded on
ruthkerruish Recorded by
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Spiders Other hunting spiders ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Miturgidae (family) Scientific name
False wolf spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1614.3m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

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