Cyrtarachne tricolor

Fact Box Species: Cyrtarachne tricolor (RM) Family: Araneidae formerly Argiopidae Body length: female: 6 mm male: probably about 2.5 mm Habitat: Underneath green leaves during the day with legs held tightly against the body; this species makes a small orb web during the night and destroys it next morning Toxicity: Unknown but this spider is too small to be hazardous to humans and is not aggressive anyway

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This species is a tropical spider known to be present in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Northern Australia. However, the photos shown on this page are of a specimen found in Noosa, Queensland, so the range of this spider appear to be greater than was previously thought to be the case.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Some Dolophones and Ordgarius species as well as Poecilopachys australasia.