Maratus calcitrans

3 Kicking peacock spider at Acton, ACT

Maratus calcitrans at Acton, ACT - 16 Oct 2022
Maratus calcitrans at Acton, ACT - 16 Oct 2022
Maratus calcitrans at Acton, ACT - 16 Oct 2022
Maratus calcitrans at Acton, ACT - 16 Oct 2022
Maratus calcitrans at Acton, ACT - 16 Oct 2022
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Identification history

Maratus vespertilio 6 Nov 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Maratus calcitrans 17 Oct 2022 EmmaCollins
Maratus calcitrans 16 Oct 2022 patrickcox

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2 females near each other, 2 males 100m away in a separate sighting

4 comments

amiessmacro wrote:
   16 Oct 2022
Keen to hear confirmed ID on this as I’ve seen several also
patrickcox wrote:
   28 Oct 2022
@amiessmacro Now that I've had a look at photos of female Calcitrans on some other websites they look nothing like this. I called this Calcitrans basing it only on your 4444234 sighting.
Harrisi wrote:
   6 Nov 2023
sorry folks, this is not M. calcitrans.
amiessmacro wrote:
   6 Nov 2023
This looks like Euryattus bleekeri to me after seeing a few more myself

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  • 2 Abundance
  • 16 Oct 2022 11:30 AM Recorded on
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  • Less than 5mm Animal size

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