Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Acton, ACT
Identification history
| Austracantha minax | 26 Dec 2020 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Austracantha minax | 22 Dec 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Araneae (order) | 22 Dec 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unverified | 21 Dec 2020 | HelenCross |
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User's notes
Cocoon of some sort
4 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
22 Dec 2020
We have a few of these in Araneae sp. (order). See:- Eribotes sp. ... I wonder if Yumi can clarify further?
CathB
wrote:
22 Dec 2020
It looks like the egg sac of the Jewel Spider, Austracantha minax. There are several sightings on the page for that species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.103088-35.278467
- Altitude 660.5m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2020 08:57 AM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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Collections
HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austracantha minax Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Additional information
- Lomandra Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Austracantha minax Scientific name
- Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 966.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Gasteracantha minax
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
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