Ocrisiona leucocomis

Fact Box Species: Ocrisiona leucocomis (RM) or a related species Family: Salticidae Body length: female: 11 mm male: 8 mm Habitat: Under bark in eucalypt forests Toxicity: Unknown; may be able to at least cause local pain

The flattened, sausage-shaped abdomen of this species is distinctive and allows it to live in spaces between loose bark and tree trunks. It is very common on the Darling Downs and many of the rounded, white egg sacs found when loose bark is stripped from gum trees will have been made by it.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Holoplatys complanata, Holoplatys planissima and Hemicloea species.