Splendid tick spider at Hawker, ACT
Identification history
| Euryopis splendens | 2 Sep 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Euryopis splendens | 2 Sep 2021 | AlisonMilton |
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A meat ant was caught on a web while this spider ran round it trying to keep out of its reach. I don't know if the ant had already been bitten but by the time I got my camera the ant had stopped moving. The spider approached cautiously. Then eventually carried the ant by a thread, down the trunk to its lair under bark at the base of the tree. Amazing difference in size between the spider and the ant.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.038118-35.244433
- Altitude 619.0m
- Places Hawker, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Sep 2021 10:54 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Spiders Other web-building spiders
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Euryopis splendens Scientific name
- Splendid tick spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 693m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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