Spiders

Tips for submitting spider sightings:

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

A good introduction: http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/araneae.html

All about Australian spiders: http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2409

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)

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Discussion

YumiCallaway wrote:

21 Jan 2025

Will take a closer look at this one, looks like a subadult male M. griseus which is the updated name for Hypoblemum albovittatum. Great work researching @KerriLee and thanks @RossMannell for the sighting!

Maratus griseus

YumiCallaway wrote:

21 Jan 2025

Hi @WattaWanderer the genus Hypoblemum has been moved into Maratus (the genus for peacock spiders) now! The species name has been slightly adjusted along with the genus change.

Maratus scutulatus

EathanDouglas wrote:

8 Jan 2025

I. brachyseta or villosa.

Isopeda sp. (genus)

NateKingsford wrote:

7 Jan 2025

Cheers!

Holconia immanis

EathanDouglas wrote:

7 Jan 2025

No problem :)