2 Beautiful Badge Huntsman at Yass River, NSW
Identification history
| Neosparassus calligaster | 25 Aug 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Neosparassus sp. | 25 Aug 2021 | SenexRugosus |
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3 comments
SenexRugosus
wrote:
25 Aug 2021
Thanks for the identification, Michael. I was puzzled by the absence of a red stripe of the abdomen - is this a sex-related thing?
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
26 Aug 2021
Yes it had me wondering as well. I checked out the badge pattern of other Neosparassus recorded in NSW and none looked at all like this. I then checked images of recorded Neosparassus calligaster and the amount and intensity of red is very variable and does not seem to be gender related.There were a few that looked similar to this record with no or very little red so I went with the confirmation, but perhaps treat with a little suspicion.
SenexRugosus
wrote:
26 Aug 2021
Thanks Michael. He (she?) is still wandering around the house so I'll check from time to time to see if the colouring changes.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.159855-34.893504
- Maps Rugosa
- Places Yass River, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Aug 2021 11:31 AM Recorded on
- SenexRugosus Recorded by
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Collections
Spiders Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae) SenexRugosus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Neosparassus calligaster Scientific name
- Beautiful Badge Huntsman Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1552.66m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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