Maratus harrisi
4 Harris's Peacock spider at Yaouk, NSW
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| Maratus harrisi | MichaelMulvaney | 19 Oct 2023 | |
| Maratus harrisi | Harrisi | 19 Oct 2023 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
20 Oct 2023
new recorded location of what appears to be a fairly restricted species
2 comments
19 Oct 2023
Thanks Stuart and this seems to be a new location for this species - is it still sold to consider it poorly recorded? and perhaps uncommon?
19 Oct 2023
Hi Michael. So far, this sp. seems to be 'common' in small areas of suitable habitat. Around the ACT it seems to be encountered at over 1000m altitude thought I have also seen it near Wombeyan caves which is way below that. Has also been recorded at lower altitudes in TAS and VIC but usually above 600m. Bear in mind also that the cephalothorax/carapace of M. harrisi differs in all the records from VIC/TAS as compared to NSW/ACT ones!?
Location information
- Places Yaouk, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- Harrisi Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- ACT Peacock Spiders Significant Harrisi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Maratus harrisi Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae) Spiders
Species information
- Maratus harrisi Scientific name
- Harris's Peacock spider Common name
- Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1662.17m Recorded at altitude
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