Celaenia excavata
Bird-dropping spider at Cook, ACT
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| Celaenia excavata | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Oct 2021 | |
| Celaenia excavata | CathB | 5 Oct 2021 |
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Baby spiders hatched from the egg sacs of the spider in sighting 4381211 and associated moth sightings. The mother spider was first seen on 2 Feb and last seen on 11 September when she disappeared. Since then, one baby was seen on 15 September and now these four. Others were seen previously at times, but they always seem to disperse very quickly.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.069434-35.265085
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2021 01:21 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Celaenia excavata Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Species information
- Celaenia excavata Scientific name
- Bird-dropping spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 702m Recorded at altitude
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