1 "Venus" Peacock Spider at Brayton, NSW
Identification history
| Maratus hesperus | 12 Feb 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Feb 2023 | MattM |
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User's notes
A little hitchhiker that would have come from derived grassland or stringybark forest.
1 comment
Harrisi
wrote:
7 Feb 2023
May well be early instar (juvenile) of Maratus (formerly Saratus) hesperus; timing is about right. Yellow legs is a key indicator.
https://www.peacockspider.org/juveniles-2nd-instar#/saratus-hesperus-1/
https://www.peacockspider.org/juveniles-2nd-instar#/saratus-hesperus-1/
Location information
- Coordinates 150.057779-34.617265
- Places Brayton, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Feb 2023 04:30 PM Recorded on
- MattM Recorded by
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Maratus hesperus Scientific name
- "Venus" Peacock Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1173.35m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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