Speckled Orb-weaver at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Araneus sp. (genus) | 22 Jan 2023 | MEJETEuge | ||
| Araneus circulissparsus (species group) | 24 Dec 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 23 Dec 2022 | cmobbs |
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User's notes
Several of our windows latches have been recently filled up with mud (see photo) by wasps (black colour - species unknown - no photo). When I removed the mud I found several small spiders in the dried mud. Most were dead and brown but two were flexible, but unable to move, and had green abdomen with white and brown markings. A jumping spider ??
4 comments
cmobbs
wrote:
23 Dec 2022
Alison
noting your comment I have checked out the Araneus app and propose it is
Araneus circulissparsus. ?
chris
noting your comment I have checked out the Araneus app and propose it is
Araneus circulissparsus. ?
chris
AlisonMilton
wrote:
23 Dec 2022
Hi Chris,
I'm not a spider expert or moderator so I hope someone can confirm your ID. Cheers.
I'm not a spider expert or moderator so I hope someone can confirm your ID. Cheers.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
24 Dec 2022
Yes - these orb weavers are paralysed fresh meat for the developing wasp larvae
Location information
- Coordinates 149.164794-35.252844
- Altitude 619.5m
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2022 03:08 PM Recorded on
- cmobbs Recorded by
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Spiders Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
Additional information
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Araneus circulissparsus (species group) Scientific name
- Speckled Orb-weaver Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 696m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Verified by an expert moderator
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