Net-casting spider at Merimbula, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 18 Nov 2019 | SueMuffler |
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User's notes
Approx 10cm front to back leg tips. Found in a kangaroo paw plant
4 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
19 Nov 2019
Hi Sue ... you might enjoy our blog showing the special net-casting technique. These are very cool spiders!
https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/7/ogre-face-returns
https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/5/7/ogre-face-returns
SueMuffler
wrote:
20 Nov 2019
Thanks KerriLee. That was so interesting. We have not been lucky enough to see a web yet, but will keep a lookout.
KerriLee
wrote:
20 Nov 2019
Head out after dark. She'll dismantle it every morning, and make it again each evening
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.905166-36.890983
- Places Merimbula, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 12 Nov 2019 08:02 AM Recorded on
- SueMuffler Recorded by
Species information
- Asianopis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Net-casting spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 678m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Dinopis sp. Deinopis sp.
