8 White-tailed spider at Lawson, ACT
Identification history
| Lampona sp. (genus) | 4 Oct 2025 | NateKingsford | ||
| Lampona sp. (genus) | 3 Oct 2025 | TimL |
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The White-tailed spider was fished out of some water and played dead whilst being photographed, before it went on its way. The first image shows a close-up of the underside of the cephalothorax with a unique pattern that appears to be due to the creeping growth of a white filament-like structure across it. The same growth isn’t obvious on the underside of the abdomen. It’s not clear from the images where this growth has come from but possibly at the connection of the cephalothorax to the abdomen. Not sure what this is but possibly a fungal infection similar to Puppeteer Fungus that affects flies. One for the spider experts.
3 comments
TimL
wrote:
5 Oct 2025
Thanks @HelenCross and @Aussiegall With macro photography it's always worth looking for the image within the image. Tim
Location information
- Coordinates 149.094580-35.227954
- Maps Lawson North Grasslands
- Places Lawson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Sep 2025 02:32 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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TimL NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lampona sp. (genus) Featured Other hunting spiders Spiders
Species information
- Lampona sp. (genus) Scientific name
- White-tailed spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 919.1m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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