Badumna insignis
Black House Spider at Wamboin, NSW
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| Badumna insignis | MichaelMulvaney | 16 Dec 2021 | |
| Badumna insignis | natureguy | 10 Dec 2021 |
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I'm intrigued what is happening here, I presume the big spider and small one are the same species? Is the small one a baby spider? Size is given for the large spider, small one was less than 5 mm.
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16 Dec 2021
Male spiders grow to 10mm, females to 18m so this could be a young male?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.273402-35.262743
- Places Wamboin, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2021 05:17 PM Recorded on
- natureguy Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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Species information
- Badumna insignis Scientific name
- Black House Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1315.5m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Amaurobius robustus Ixeuticus robustus
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