Bird-dropping spider at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Celaenia calotoides | 29 Jul 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Celaenia calotoides | 23 Jul 2019 | CathB |
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User's notes
Thanks to Tim L (sighting 4229725), I now have a name for these spiky egg sacs that were hanging from the eaves. And the spider was actually in the original photo, but I didn't notice it (I wish I had got out the ladder at the time!). Image 1 taken 2 January, and images 2 and 3 taken 29 April.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.068169-35.264224
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2018 03:28 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Celaenia calotoides Scientific name
- Bird-dropping spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 685m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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