3 A funnel web at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Hadronyche sp. (genus) | 16 Aug 2022 | EmmaCollins | ||
| Atrax or Hadronyche sp. (genus) | 15 Aug 2022 | EmmaCollins | ||
| Missulena occatoria | 29 Nov 2021 | bambararick | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Nov 2021 | RAllen |
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User's notes
This one was alive. Two recently deceased funnel webs were also observed being attended by ants. One a few hundred metres from this one and another on track up Gingera.
10 comments
bambararick
wrote:
29 Nov 2021
looks like a red headed mouse spider female to me . . . we get them south of Queanbeyan this time of year.
KMcCue
wrote:
30 Nov 2021
The male M. occatoria has a red head but it is much smaller than the female
RAllen
wrote:
30 Nov 2021
Well that explains why it was placid. That is not aggressive like I believe funnel webs are.
EmmaCollins
wrote:
15 Aug 2022
This one has Atracidae eye arrangement, so I'm going to identify it as such until I'm able to have a closer look. It's not Missulena.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
15 Aug 2022
Thanks Emma your comment about the eyes got me doing a google search and I cam across this pretty good guide for beginners like me, Kevin and Richard.
https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/6/20/getting-to-know-mygals
https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2018/6/20/getting-to-know-mygals
EmmaCollins
wrote:
16 Aug 2022
This one is Hadronyche sp. A lovely female specimen.
Unfortunately it's too difficult to get to species, but a confirmed genus is good!
Unfortunately it's too difficult to get to species, but a confirmed genus is good!
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.782681-35.555647
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Nov 2021 12:18 PM Recorded on
- RAllen Recorded by
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Hadronyche sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A funnel web Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1078m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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