Badumna insignis

Black House Spider at Greenway, ACT

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Identification history

	Badumna insignis	23 Jan 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	23 Jan 2021	AlisonMilton

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This spider was determined to have this beetle for lunch, trying from different angles. The beetle was still alive and seemed to flatten its body against the leaf with the spider then seemingly unable to reach a soft spot. I didn't stay long enough to see who won but the last photo almost sees the spider having given up - almost.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.062115 -35.405577
Altitude 578.7m
Maps Urambi Hills
Places Greenway, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
21 Jan 2021 10:26 AM 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

Badumna insignis Scientific name
Black House Spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 840m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Synonyms
Amaurobius robustus Ixeuticus robustus

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania