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Unknown araneid species

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Species:
Unknown araneid species
Family:
Araneidae
Body length:
female: 3-4 mm
male: about 2 mm
Habitat:
This species typically builds a small orb web between dry branches of low shrubs in eucalypt forests and occupies this web even during the daylight hours, unlike many other araneids
Toxicity:
This species is far too small to represent a hazard to humans and is also a very timid spider that vacates the web when approached
Unknown araneid species
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In its web

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Some small araneids and theridiids.



Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 7 February 2007.