Austracantha minax

Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Cook, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.073549-35.269193
• Maps Mount Painter
• Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 2 Mar 2025 07:58 AM Recorded on
• CathB Recorded by

• Collections

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

Species information

• Austracantha minax Scientific name
• Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 966.7m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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• Synonyms

  Gasteracantha minax

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