Novakiella trituberculosa

3 Common Novakiella at Cook, ACT

Novakiella trituberculosa at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2022
Novakiella trituberculosa at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2022
Novakiella trituberculosa at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2022
Novakiella trituberculosa at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2022
Novakiella trituberculosa at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2022
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Identification history

Novakiella trituberculosa 2 Mar 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 27 Feb 2022 CathB

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This collection of paralysed spiders fell out when I opened a door and shattered the mud cells of a wasp. There were 11 cells and about 44 spiders, so an average of 4 per cell. Most of the spiders look rather like Novakiella trituberculosa (http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2107). Some shown in the fourth photo look like Gea theridioides. A collection of about 14 spiders from 4 similar cells in the same door frame last year were all green Araneus circulissparsus (sighting 4378100).

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   2 Mar 2022
Cath - can you put some of the other species up as seperate sightings - interesting that all spiders seem to be from the orb weaver family and all are about the same size. I think I see Araneus hamiltoni in addition to Gea
CathB wrote:
   3 Mar 2022
Three species from this collection are now shown separately in sightings 4426530 and 4426531 and 4426532

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  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 23 Feb 2022 07:50 AM Recorded on
  • CathB Recorded by

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  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

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