Celaenia excavata
2 Bird-dropping spider at Acton, ACT
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| Celaenia excavata | MichaelMulvaney | 12 Jan 2022 | |
| Celaenia excavata | TimL | 11 Jan 2022 |
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A follow up to sighting 4415892. The spider now has two egg sacs. This sequence of images shows the spider with a recently caught moth. The first image shows the white and dark brown spider holding the light brown coloured moth vertically, with the original brown and black striped egg sac to the right. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the original sighting.
6 comments
12 Jan 2022
Yes it does. The species was Diarsia intermixta, but I don't know if the moth people would be prepared to ID it in its wrapped state. It would be good to know if it keeps catching more of the same.
15 Jan 2022
Thanks Cath - Tim can you keep an eye on this spider? checking out its catches say once a fortnight?
16 Jan 2022
Sure Michael. The spider is being checked several times a week to record its progress. Tim
20 Jan 2022
See follow up sighting 4419545 for details of an additional egg sac and another caught moth.
Location information
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL 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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