An ant eating spider at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Euryopis sp. (genus) | 10 May 2023 | YumiCallaway | ||
| Euryopis umbilicata | 15 Apr 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Cryptachaea veruculata | 15 Apr 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Theridiidae (family) | 15 Apr 2023 | CathB |
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User's notes
Found on guard around planting
1 comment
CathB
wrote:
15 Apr 2023
Euryopis umbilicata was my first thought too, but that seems to be much darker in colour all over. But perhaps this could be a juvenile. I also thought the black 'face' was unusual.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074087-35.269057
- Altitude 586.8m
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 3 Apr 2023 06:03 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Spiders Other web-building spiders CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Euryopis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- An ant eating spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 766m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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