Asianopis subrufa

Rufous net-casting spider at Turner, ACT

Asianopis subrufa at Turner, ACT - 2 Mar 2021
Asianopis subrufa at Turner, ACT - 2 Mar 2021
Asianopis subrufa at Turner, ACT - 2 Mar 2021
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Asianopis subrufa 9 Mar 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 9 Mar 2021 Jubeyjubes

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   9 Mar 2021
It catches it prey with a roughly rectangular net of silk held open with their legs. When they detect suitable prey they expand the net and lunge forward to engulf the prey with it, (Whyte and Anderson 2017 p133)

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