Maratus watagansi
1 Rainforest Peacock Spider at Acton, ACT
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| Maratus watagansi | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Jan 2023 | |
| Maratus watagansi | patrickcox | 5 Jan 2023 |
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Along a 30m strech of bark and acacia pods in section 219 on the rainforest verge. In one spot I could see 8 spiders simultaneously in an area less than 1m square.
2 comments
5 Jan 2023
We saw Helen who said you’d been there and found lots. @Harrisi, Su and I found many tonight also.
Great pics
Great pics
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108282-35.277463
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 18 Abundance
- 5 Jan 2023 11:00 AM Recorded on
- patrickcox Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- patrickcox Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Maratus watagansi Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae) Spiders
Species information
- Maratus watagansi Scientific name
- Rainforest Peacock Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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