Missulena occatoria
6 Red-headed Mouse Spider at Yass River, NSW
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| Missulena occatoria | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Sep 2021 | |
| Missulena occatoria | SenexRugosus | 26 Sep 2021 |
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User's notes
Took strong exception to being prodded with the camera lens.
3 comments
26 Sep 2021
Usually the male only comes out of its burrow during periods of high humidity - perhaps you had some rain out your way that we missed out on
26 Sep 2021
That's interesting, although we haven't had rain here for a week. Perhaps something disturbed him, as he was heading purposefully across the ground and in no mood to be interrupted.
27 Sep 2021
They usually don't travel far from there burrow except when trying to locate a burrow of a female with which to mate
Location information
- Coordinates 149.159408-34.892597
- Altitude 655.0m
- Maps Rugosa
- Places Yass River, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Sep 2021 10:32 AM Recorded on
- SenexRugosus Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- SenexRugosus Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Missulena occatoria Trapdoor, Funnelweb or Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae) Spiders
Species information
- Missulena occatoria Scientific name
- Red-headed Mouse Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 899m Recorded at altitude
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