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Gea theridioides
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Gea theridioides (RM)
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female: 6 mm
male: 2.5 mm
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In a small orb web; perhaps with no web during the day
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Unknown; small and not aggressive
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This spider is found comparatively rarely on the Darling Downs. Its transverse pattern of abdominal bronze and white stripes is characteristic.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Argiope keyserlingi and Argiope picta.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 23 December, 2003.
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