Araneinae (subfamily)
Orb weaver at Downer, ACT
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| Araneinae (subfamily) | MichaelMulvaney | 15 May 2021 | |
| Araneinae (subfamily) | MichaelMulvaney | 24 Feb 2021 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 19 Feb 2021 |
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Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting of the Orb weaver which was hiding in plain sight in the middle of the first image. The spider was some way up a tree, at the end of a very large web.
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Location information
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Araneinae (subfamily) Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Species information
- Araneinae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Orb weaver Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1968.1m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
7 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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