Austracantha minax

Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Franklin, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.145618-35.203073
• Altitude 632.0m
• Maps Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve
• Places Franklin, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 18 Jan 2023 09:11 AM Recorded on
• trevorpreston Recorded by

• Collections

  Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

• Austracantha minax Scientific name
• Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 966.7m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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• Synonyms

  Gasteracantha minax

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• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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