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Argiope species
(though common in South-east Queensland this spider is rarely noticed; its identity remains tentative but it has the anatomical features of the genus Argiope)
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| Body length: |
female: 8 mm
male: perhaps 4 mm
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In the centre of a rounded stabilimentum which overlies a larger circular web; this web is built in crevices of eucalypt trees that have dark (or fire-blackened) bark
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Unknown; probably too small to be hazardous to humans
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