Celaenia calotoides
Bird-dropping spider at Hughes, ACT
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| Celaenia calotoides | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Mar 2021 | |
| Celaenia calotoides | JonSteinbeck | 21 Mar 2021 |
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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
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Celaenia calotoides Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
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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