Austracantha minax

Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Downer, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.105545-35.273178
• Altitude 653.1m
• Maps ANBG
• Places Downer, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 4 Mar 2021 09:50 AM Recorded on
• TimL Recorded by

• Collections

  Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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
• Machine learning
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• Synonyms

  Gasteracantha minax

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