Tasmanicosa wolf spider at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Tasmanicosa sp. (genus) | 23 Dec 2024 | NateKingsford | ||
| Stanwellia sp. (genus) | 23 Dec 2024 | Jennybach |
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User's notes
The trapdoor spider was hunkered down in its trap waiting for prey. It emerged once or twice but sprang out of the trap as a black beetle and a tiny orange fly? passed by. Although so fast I could not see detail I think it caught the beetle. last pic it seems to be holding something close. The trap was quite firmly pressed and well made with a hole of 15 mm roughly but today when I looked the hole seemed to be cemented over or firmly tamped down. It may not need a feed for a while or maybe its locked in with a mate,
3 comments
NateKingsford
wrote:
23 Dec 2024
The two big front facing eyes are a dead giveaway for Lycosidae. Mygals have a tight cluster (excluding Missulena) of tiny eyes on the cephalothorax, sometimes on a raised caput e.g. Hadronyche
Jennybach
wrote:
23 Dec 2024
Thank you. Appreciate getting this sort of useful detailed info from the moderators. Basically learning with context.
NateKingsford
wrote:
23 Dec 2024
Of course! Happy to help with any questions you may have in the future!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.029302-35.228331
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2024 10:05 AM Recorded on
- Jennybach Recorded by
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Collections
Jennybach Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tasmanicosa sp. (genus) Wolf spiders (Lycosidae) Spiders
Species information
- Tasmanicosa sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Tasmanicosa wolf spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2080.29m Recorded at altitude
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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