Austracantha minax

Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Watson, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.163172-35.239084
• Maps Watson Green Space
• Places Watson, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 25 Mar 2022 01:59 PM Recorded on
• AniseStar Recorded by

• Collections

  Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families)

Additional information

• Allocausuarina Associated plant
• 5mm to 12mm 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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