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Spiders of Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve
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Spiders
Actinopodidae Missulena occatoria Mouse Spider Treat with caution – aggressive if disturbed Type of trapdoor spider – short burrows in groups with floppy cover just above ground.
Araneidae Arachnura higginsi Scorpion-tailed Spider Size – male 3mm female 16mm Female
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Araneidae Argiope keyserlingi St Andrew's Cross Spider Female Common food of Friar birds
Araneidae Cyrtophora moluccensis Dome Tent Spider Large dome shaped web 30-60cm
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Araneidae Cyrtophora parnasia Russian Tent Spider Small web up to 20cm
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Araneidae Eriophora transmarina Garden Orb Weaver
Garden Orb Weavers build a web at night then hide in rolled-up leaves during the daytime.
(left) web outlined by morning dew
(right) night time photo of huge web stretched four metres across Farm Fire Trail.
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Corinnidae Supunna albopunctatum Spotted Swift Spider Size – male 7mm female 9mm Feeds on small insects.
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Deinopidae Deinopis subrufa Net-casting spider (left) topside (right) underside
Catches prey in a net held wide by front legs. Spider has excellent night-sight.
(left) egg sac
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Lycosidae Lycosa obscuroides Dark Wolf Spider Female with egg sac Two species of Wolf Spider are predators of Cane Toads: Lycosa lapidosa – takes small toads Lycosa obscuroides – has been noted biting and killing a large Toad within one hour.
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Nephilidae Nephila edulis Golden Orb Web Spider Female – topside and underside Web is made of gold coloured silk.
Male – about 1/10 size of female and sharing web
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Oxyopidae Oxyopes sp. Common Lynx Spider Introduced species
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Pisauridae Dendrolycosa icadia Tree Water Spider Size: male 10mm/female 8.5mm
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Salticidae Mopsus mormon Northern Jumping Spider Aggressive hunters of insects and other spiders. Three pairs of eyes used in hunting. Size – male 12mm female 16mm (left) male – white ‘eye brows’ (right) female
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Salticidae Opisthoncus parcedentatus Garden Jumping Spider
Sparassidae Heteropoda immanis Grey Huntsman Spider Eight eyes in two rows of four
Size – male 32mm female 45mm
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Sparassidae Heteropoda jugulans Brown Huntsman Spider Size – male 19mm female 22mm
Sparassidae Isopoda sp. Giant Green Huntsman Spider Brown/fawn coloured with green colour in leg joints. Size – female 80mm
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Tetragnathidae Leucauge dromedaria Silver Orb Spider Size – male 8mm female 11mm
Tomisidae Diaea evanida Flower Spider Size – male 4mm female 6mm
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Tomisidae Thomisus spectabilis White Crab Spider Feeding on Crusader Bug - Mictis profana
Size – male 3mm female 11mm
Zodariidae Habronestes hunti 9-dotted Ground Spider Size – male 12mm female 14mm
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