Celaenia calotoides

Bird-dropping spider at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Celaenia calotoides	22 Mar 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Celaenia calotoides	21 Mar 2021	JonSteinbeck

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The egg sacs were hanging in a line behind a messy web off a small tree around the side of our house. The spider was motionless at the bottom of the line of egg sacs the whole time. (Sorry, this is from January, I am catching up with some photos I have.)

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Location information

Coordinates 149.098067 -35.333202
Altitude 619.1m
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
20 Jan 2021 08:27 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Celaenia calotoides Scientific name
Bird-dropping spider Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 685m Recorded at altitude
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