10 Harris's Peacock spider at Yaouk, NSW
Identification history
| Maratus harrisi | 20 Nov 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Maratus harrisi | 19 Nov 2022 | NedJohnston |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
At Sentry Box Rock. Very cool to see.
6 comments
NedJohnston
wrote:
20 Nov 2022
Yeah Matt's sighting was the first group we ran into maybe a couple hundred metres from the summit and these ones were at the summit itself.
Harrisi
wrote:
20 Nov 2022
Well done Ned! Great to see them turning up in new locations (Michael). What is the approximate altitude where you found them? All males I presume?
NedJohnston
wrote:
21 Nov 2022
The summit of Sentry box rock is 1673 m I believe so this sighting would have been at least 1600m (cnm says 1606m which I presume is pretty accurate) and Matt's sighting would have been lower at about 1500m I would guess. All of them were males and often small groups of a couple males. Happy to provide any more info about habitat or anything if it helps.
Harrisi
wrote:
21 Nov 2022
Thanks Ned. That's the highest altitude I am aware that M. harrisi has been found at: noted. I have found M. amabilis at 1600m approx at Rennix walking trail in Kosciuszko National Park.
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Yaouk, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 19 Nov 2022 11:43 AM Recorded on
- NedJohnston Recorded by
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Maratus harrisi Scientific name
- Harris's Peacock spider Common name
- Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-Invasive
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