Arkys curtulus

Bird-dropping Arkys at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Arkys curtulus	25 Jan 2025	MichaelMulvaney
	Arkys curtulus	24 Jan 2025	TimL

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The Bird-dropping spider had just caught prey and was holding onto it, raised off the leaf. I'm not sure what the prey was but close inspection of the images shows long wasp-like antennae, very hairy eye surrounds and a sting at the tail. Possibly a wasp of some sort, similar in size to the small spider. The final image shows the debris of the spider's previous prey and many lines of silk threads forming a base that this type of spider usually sits on in an ambush position.

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

25 Jan 2025

Prey may be an adult sawfly which may have been looking to use its saw to lay eggs in leaf on which spider was sitting

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Location information

Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

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Species information

Arkys curtulus Scientific name
Bird-dropping Arkys Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 639.4m Recorded at altitude
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