Peacock spider at Huskisson, NSW
Identification history
| Maratus volans | 14 Dec 2018 | CharlesDove | ||
| Maratus volans | 28 Oct 2018 | CharlesDove | ||
| Unidentified | 28 Oct 2018 | Husky |
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User's notes
Approx 2 to 3 mm in length
On ground vegetation
5 comments
MikeLeggett
wrote:
29 Oct 2018
There at at least 26 species of Peacock spider, and M. volans seems to match of the Salticidae jumping spider group. But we really need closer detail to tell. http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1096
CharlesDove
wrote:
29 Oct 2018
Yes Mike this is just a start on this one and hoping for a few comments an interesting species of spider
Husky
wrote:
29 Oct 2018
Looking at the link you posted it looks a lot like Maratus splendens - photo from a different angle and this one doesn't have his flap up
Harrisi
wrote:
19 Jan 2019
Hi folks. This one is definitely Maratus splendens, very common in wetter vegetation in your area. Maratus volans favours drier leaf litter under Corymbia maculata especially though either of these species can turn up almost anywhere. The tally for Maratus species now approaches 70 ! There is also another genus called Saratus which only contains one species (S. hesperus) which I discovered back in 2013. I'm happy to give any advice when you get peacock spider posts herein future though their season (for adults) is pretty much at an end now.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.667500-35.040556
- Maps Jervis Bay National Park
- Places Huskisson, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 28 Oct 2018 09:10 AM Recorded on
- Husky Recorded by
Species information
- Maratus volans Scientific name
- Peacock spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 19.61m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
