Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Austracantha minax | 18 May 2023 | abread111 | ||
| Austracantha minax | 18 May 2023 | msietsma |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
A few Jewelled spiders were on long, head-height horizontal webs in sparse treed area on lower slopes of Mt Majura in late January.
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Coordinates 149.174243-35.228399
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Feb 2023 10:20 AM Recorded on
- msietsma Recorded by
-
Collections
Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) msietsma 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
- External link More information
-
Synonyms
Gasteracantha minax
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
