Sidymella sp. (genus) at Stromlo, ACT

Sidymella sp. (genus)

3 A crab spider at Stromlo, ACT

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Identification history

Sidymella sp. (genus)	31 Jan 2023	MichaelMulvaney
Araneinae (subfamily)	2 Dec 2022	AJB
Unidentified	30 Nov 2022	AJB

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Could not spot this one in the Field Guide, maybe it comes in other colours?

3 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

4 Dec 2022

This spider has a bottom that looks like the head of a Hawk Moth - I wonder if that is its purpose and why? see http://www.bushpea.com/in/pg/all/c/coprosma%20hawk%20moth%2005.html

AJB wrote:

4 Dec 2022

Thank you Michael, certainly seems a plausible explanation. I actually had idea there was so many Orb spiders and they are hard to ID, thanks to CNM I am leaning so much!

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

4 Dec 2022

Yeh we are all learning heaps

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