Salsa fuliginata

Sooty Orb-weaver at Cook, ACT

Salsa fuliginata at Cook, ACT - 22 Feb 2022
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Identification history

Salsa fuliginata 3 Mar 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Salsa fuliginata 3 Mar 2022 CathB

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Paralysed spiders collected from broken wasp mud cells. The full collection, mostly Novakiella trituberculosa, is shown in sighting 4426148

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Sighting information

  • 3 Abundance
  • 22 Feb 2022 02:18 PM Recorded on
  • CathB Recorded by

Additional information

  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

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

    Cyclosa fuliginata (Sooty Orb-weaver)

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