Bird-dropping spider at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Celaenia calotoides | 17 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Celaenia calotoides | 5 Dec 2025 | CathB |
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User's notes
The prey moth looks similar to those caught by a similar spider that were identified as male Philobota productella (sighting 4413496). Several other discarded husks were found on the ground below.
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Location information
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
CathB NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders Celaenia calotoides
Species information
- Celaenia calotoides Scientific name
- Bird-dropping spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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