Austracantha minax

Christmas Spider, Jewel Spider at Parkes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.143187-35.300640
• Altitude 590.7m
• Maps Commonwealth & Kings Parks Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
• Places Parkes, ACT

Sighting information

• 101 - 1,000 Abundance
• 30 Nov 2024 11:45 AM Recorded on
• TimL Recorded by

• Collections

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

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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