Maratus harrisi
10 Harris's Peacock spider at Yaouk, NSW
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| Maratus harrisi | MichaelMulvaney | 20 Nov 2022 | |
| Maratus harrisi | NedJohnston | 19 Nov 2022 |
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Significant sighting
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At Sentry Box Rock. Very cool to see.
6 comments
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.
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?
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.
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
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- Less than 5mm Animal size
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- Significant NedJohnston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Maratus harrisi Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae) Spiders
Species information
- Maratus harrisi Scientific name
- Harris's Peacock spider Common name
- Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1662.17m Recorded at altitude
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