2 Mouse spider at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Missulena sp. (genus) | 29 Mar 2026 | NateKingsford | ||
| Atrax or Hadronyche sp. (genus) | 29 Mar 2026 | Clarel |
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3 comments
NateKingsford
wrote:
29 Mar 2026
Presumably Missulena occatoria, however females are notoriously hard to identify without a microscope
Clarel
wrote:
30 Mar 2026
She was asking to be stepped on in the middle of the path, but she was a beauty. I don’t know much and thought I must be looking at a funnel web spider.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.179581-35.240283
- Altitude 861.5m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Mar 2026 11:15 AM Recorded on
- Clarel Recorded by
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Collections
Clarel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Trapdoor, Funnelweb or Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae) Spiders Missulena sp. (genus)
Species information
- Missulena sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Mouse spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1432m Recorded at altitude
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