1 Beautiful Badge Huntsman at Red Hill, ACT
Identification history
| Neosparassus calligaster | 17 Sep 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Neosparassus calligaster | 10 Jun 2019 | BIrdsinCanberra | ||
| Neosparassus calligaster | 7 Jun 2019 | KimPullen | ||
| Lehtinelagia sp. (genus) | 4 Jun 2019 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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This spider was on this slender plant on Red Hill. It looked like it had seen better days as it has lost a leg from each side.
2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
8 Jun 2019
Looks juvenile. The legs are very huntsman-like, and the body does not discount a huntsman (although the abdomen is quite elongate). Matches Neosparassus calligaster in its mottled carapace. The medial marking on the abdomen is more distinct than usual for that species, but this may be due to its young age. It appears to be hunting on foliage at night, also typical of Neosparassus.
BIrdsinCanberra
wrote:
11 Jun 2019
Hi Kim, Many thanks for the identification. I looked the Neosparassus calligaster up on Google and I see what you mean. I wish I had photographed the underside, certainly a beautiful looking spider. Many thanks again for the identification, I would never had figured that out by myself. All the best.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.112727-35.326272
- Altitude 679.9m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 May 2019 07:53 PM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
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Spiders Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Neosparassus calligaster Scientific name
- Beautiful Badge Huntsman Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 857.84m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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