Celaenia calotoides (Bird-dropping spider)

Family Araneidae.

Although classified in the orb-weaver family Araneidae, these spiders do not construct webs to capture prey. Instead, at night they produce a chemical that mimics the sex pheromone emitted by certain female moths, thereby attracting male moths which they then ambush in the manner of crab spiders of the Thomisidae.

Celaenia calotoides is listed in the following regions:

Canberra & Southern Tablelands


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