Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Magpie Hill Park, Lyneham
Identification history
| Austracantha minax | 1 Jun 2025 | NateKingsford | ||
| Austracantha minax | 1 Jun 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Austracantha minax | 3 Aug 2024 | Hejor1 | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 3 Mar 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 3 Mar 2024 | Hejor1 |
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User's notes
Not ambulant
2 comments
donhe
wrote:
3 Mar 2024
I am unfamiliar with cocoons like that. Maybe spider egg case? I think it needs to be cut open to see what is inside.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.121003-35.247094
- Altitude 604.0m
- Maps Magpie Hill Park, Lyneham
- Places Lyneham, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Mar 2024 01:05 PM Recorded on
- Hejor1 Recorded by
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Collections
Hejor1 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Austracantha minax Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Additional information
- eucalyptus Associated plant
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- False Insect on a flower
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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Gasteracantha minax
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