Tamopsis sp. (genus)
Two-tailed spider at Higgins, ACT
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| Tamopsis sp. (genus) | NateKingsford | 4 Mar 2025 | |
| Hersiliidae (family) | DiBickers | 4 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | AlisonMilton | 4 Mar 2025 |
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2 comments
4 Mar 2025
@DiBickers Hi Di, I don't think this is a spider. I have collected and hatched these before and they were parasitic wasps.
4 Mar 2025
Definitely a spider egg sac. A female wasps would've used it's ovipositor to lay eggs inside the sac without interfering with the integrity with the structure, allowing the wasp eggs to hatch and eat the spider eggs
Location information
- Coordinates 149.030400-35.238317
- Altitude 636.8m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2025 09:01 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Eucalyptus Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Eggs Breeding behaviour
Collections
- AlisonMilton NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tamopsis sp. (genus) Other hunting spiders Spiders
Species information
- Tamopsis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Two-tailed spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 887.9m Recorded at altitude
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