Salsa fuliginata

Sooty Orb-weaver at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Salsa fuliginata at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 27 Jan 2022
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Identification history

Salsa fuliginata 28 Jan 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 27 Jan 2022 KMcCue

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Employed by Parks as a bike counter, who would have thought

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

  • Salsa fuliginata Scientific name
  • Sooty Orb-weaver Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1581m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Cyclosa fuliginata (Sooty Orb-weaver)

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