Comb-footed platform spider

Fact Box Species: Achaearanea mundula or a very similar species (identified from Australian Museum website image) Previous species name: None Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: 7 mm male: about 3 mm Habitat: In a curled leaf retreat in green vegetation Toxicity: May be too small to cause more than mild illness in humans

Another view From above Oblique view With egg sac

In many respects this spider resembles a redback spider but has a less distinct dorsal stripe as well as faint mottling on the sides of the abdomen.

This species makes a retreat from a partly curled leaf or from pieces of leaf debris. This is supported by a network of threads and below it is a close-mesh, horizontal sheet web.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Latrodectus hasseltii.