Celaenia atkinsoni
Atkinson's bird-dropping spider at Downer, ACT
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| Celaenia atkinsoni | MichaelMulvaney | 27 Apr 2022 | |
| Celaenia sp. (genus) | Bron | 13 Jul 2021 | |
| Arkys | MichaelMulvaney | 28 Mar 2021 | |
| Arkys | TimL | 27 Mar 2021 |
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One of the aptly named Bird-dropping spiders hiding in plain sight. Thanks to Marcus Leach for help with this sighting. See later sighting 4377928 for details of the egg sac produced by this spider.
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Location information
- Maps ANBG
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Celaenia atkinsoni
Species information
- Celaenia atkinsoni Scientific name
- Atkinson's bird-dropping spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 633.2m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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