Araneinae (subfamily)

1 Orb weaver at Charleys Forest, NSW

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Identification history

	Araneinae (subfamily)	7 Jan 2025	YumiCallaway
	Unverified	17 Dec 2024	arjay

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YumiCallaway wrote:

7 Jan 2025

The colouration appears to mimic lichen which is very cool to see!

arjay wrote:

7 Jan 2025

Interestingly we only ever see these in mud wasp nests so the colouration may be working really well ... to our eyes at least. And actually this one has a wasp larva on it as well. And no we don't break the wasp nests deliberately but if they make a nest in the doorway or window then it gets broken when we open the door.

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Location information

Maps Mongarlowe River
Places Charleys Forest, NSW

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arjay Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Araneinae (subfamily) Scientific name
Orb weaver Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1968.1m Recorded at altitude
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