Spiders

Spiders

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Photos from various angles are sometimes necessary for specific ID.

  • front (eye arrangement, pedipalp colour)
  • dorsal (above - general colouration, carapace and abdomen patterns)
  • ventral (underneath - especially useful for some of the ground-dwelling families and orb-weaving families)
  • side (further details for general shape, abdomen patterns and eye configuration)
  • back (further details for abdomen pattern).

Comments or photos on the following also provides valuable information if/when such features are applicable and observed...

  • surroundings and location (eg. ground, leaf litter, hand rail, tree trunk)
  • web structure and silk use (eg. orb, messy & tangled, throwing silk)
  • breeding (eg. display, egg sac)
  • behaviour (eg. hunting, interaction, familiarity with people such as the threatening display of a huntsman or the friendly and curious jumping spiders that jump onto the camera lens)
  • notable, unique, exciting or strange observations (eg. spur-like protrusions from legs, camouflage, mimicry)

Please note that the size of the spider is measured by body length.

  • body size is from the top of the cephalothorax (head) to the tip of the abdomen without including the legs.

(Updated: October, 2022. Please feel free to message a spider moderator if you have any queries or suggestions for improvement)

Resources: 

  • Field guide: A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia authored by Robert Whyte & Greg Anderson

Spiders

Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae)
Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae)
Wolf spiders (Lycosidae)
Other hunting spiders
Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
Trapdoor, Funnelweb or Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae)
Other web-building spiders
Water spiders (Pisauridae)

Latest sightings

Trachycosmidae (family) (Flat spiders) at Royal National Park, NSW by NateKingsford
Paraembolides grayi (Gray's Paraembolides) at Royal National Park, NSW by NateKingsford
Paraembolides grayi (Gray's Paraembolides) at Royal National Park, NSW by NateKingsford
Atrax robustus (Sydney funnelweb) at Royal National Park, NSW by NateKingsford
Euophryinae sp. (Mr Stripey) undescribed at Ingleburn, NSW by kierowca
Asianopis subrufa (Rufous net-casting spider) at Waverton, NSW by Tasmanianwolf
Araneus eburnus at Chatswood West, NSW by Tasmanianwolf

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NateKingsford wrote:
2 Dec 2024
Hey @Minicooperpixel, it looks like there isn't an image attached to this observation, could you please double check this :)
Euryattus bleekeri
KorinneM wrote:
21 Mar 2023
I think likely Zenodorus orbiculatus. Hopefully jumping spiders will get a moderator soon!
Zenodorus orbiculatus

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Trachycosmidae (family) at Royal National Park, NSW

Paraembolides grayi at Royal National Park, NSW

Atrax robustus at Royal National Park, NSW

Paraembolides grayi at Royal National Park, NSW

Paraembolides grayi at Royal National Park, NSW

Atrax robustus at Royal National Park, NSW

Euophryinae sp. (Mr Stripey) undescribed

Asianopis subrufa at Waverton, NSW

Araneus eburnus

Euryattus bleekeri

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