Spider species

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Overview

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

433 species

Sondra sp. (genus) (A jumping spider)

Sondra sp. (genus)
Sondra sp. (genus)
Sondra sp. (genus)

Sparassidae (family) (A Huntsman Spider)

Sparassidae (family)
Sparassidae (family)
Sparassidae (family)

Stanwellia sp. (genus) (Trapdoor Spider)

Stanwellia sp. (genus)
Stanwellia sp. (genus)
Stanwellia sp. (genus)

Steatoda capensis (South African cupboard spider)

Steatoda capensis
Steatoda capensis
Steatoda capensis

Steatoda grossa (Cupboard or Brown house spider)

Steatoda grossa
Steatoda grossa
Steatoda grossa

Stephanopis altifrons (Knobbly crab spider)

Stephanopis altifrons
Stephanopis altifrons
Stephanopis altifrons

Stephanopis barbipes (Brush-legged crab spider)

Stephanopis barbipes
Stephanopis barbipes
Stephanopis barbipes

Stephanopis sp. (genus) (Knobbly crab spider)

Stephanopis sp. (genus)
Stephanopis sp. (genus)
Stephanopis sp. (genus)

Stiphidiidae (family) (Platform or Sheetweb spider)

Stiphidiidae (family)
Stiphidiidae (family)
Stiphidiidae (family)

Stiphidion facetum (Hammock-web Spider)

Stiphidion facetum
Stiphidion facetum
Stiphidion facetum

Stiphidion sp. (genus) (Platform spider)

Stiphidion sp. (genus)
Stiphidion sp. (genus)
Stiphidion sp. (genus)

Storena cyanea (Ant-hunter spider)

Storena cyanea
Storena cyanea
Storena cyanea

Storena formosa (Ant Spider)

Storena formosa
Storena formosa
Storena formosa

Storenosoma terraneum (Hackled mesh-weaver)

Storosa obscura (Dark Storosa)

Storosa obscura
Storosa obscura
Storosa obscura

Synalus angustus (Narrow crab spider)

Synalus angustus
Synalus angustus
Synalus angustus

Tamopsis eucalypti (A two-tailed spider)

Tamopsis eucalypti
Tamopsis eucalypti
Tamopsis eucalypti

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