Celaenia excavata
Bird-dropping spider at Acton, ACT
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| Celaenia excavata | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Jan 2022 | |
| Celaenia excavata | TimL | 20 Jan 2022 |
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A follow up to sightings 4415892 and 4417792. The spider now has three egg sacs and this sequence of images shows the spider with another recently caught moth. The spider is hanging upside down in the images.
1 comment
20 Jan 2022
Thanks Tim @GlennCocking I think this is the same species of moth that Cath Busby recorded
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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