Diamondback comb-footed spider at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Cryptachaea veruculata | 9 Mar 2023 | EmmaCollins | ||
| Cryptachaea veruculata | 9 Mar 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Mar 2023 | ConBoekel |
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User's notes
The smaller spider (male?) approached the larger spider on three occasions. It fled on every occasion. Note that legs were touched.
2 comments
EmmaCollins
wrote:
9 Mar 2023
These appear to be a male and female diamond comb-footed spiders - Cryptachaea veruculata.
The one closest to the camera, which appears larger, is actually the male.
The one closest to the camera, which appears larger, is actually the male.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.111210-35.264227
- Altitude 620.6m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 25 Jan 2023 11:08 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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Spiders Other web-building spiders ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Cryptachaea veruculata Scientific name
- Diamondback comb-footed spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1081.4m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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