Golden orb weaver at Mount Majura
Identification history
| Trichonephila edulis | 17 Mar 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Araneidae (family) | 17 Mar 2024 | JenniM |
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User's notes
The two spiders were about 15 m apart, each web strung between two slender dead saplings, with spiders sitting at about head height. The web was fine, but in its food string, the web was sticky and golden.
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
17 Mar 2024
The latin name edulis is derived from this spider being eaten in parts of teh Pacific. A golden cloak was made from the webs of a closely related species on Madagasca seepage 104 of Whyte and anderson spiders of Australia
Location information
- Coordinates 149.174005-35.231508
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 17 Mar 2024 11:55 AM Recorded on
- JenniM Recorded by
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Collections
Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) JenniM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Trichonephila edulis Scientific name
- Golden orb weaver Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 840m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Nephila edulis
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