Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Undefined Area
Identification history
| Austracantha minax | 20 Jan 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Austracantha minax | 6 Jan 2021 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
I really missed this beautiful little spider whilst I was away. Is that an egg sac? The web wrap round it on the branch.
1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
20 Jan 2021
It is not the egg sac of the christmas or jewel spider which is a very elaborate structure of white and orange thread see Austracantha minax (Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider)
Location information
- Coordinates 146.902161-36.140302
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Jan 2021 08:00 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Austracantha minax Orb-weaving spiders (several families) Spiders
Species information
- Austracantha minax Scientific name
- Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 966.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Gasteracantha minax
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