Find a spider by...
common name
location
species
family
webs and egg sacs
photos
Clynotus severus
|
Fact Box
|
| Species: |
Clynotus severus (JS, QM) (formerly Clynotus viduus)
|
|
|
| Body length: |
female: 7 mm
male: 5 mm
|
|
| Habitat: |
|
Usually on the bark of eucalypt trees where this species uses its excellent camouflage colours to avoid detection while hunting
|
|
| Toxicity: |
|
Unknown; a bite from this spider may lead to some local pain but more serious effects are unlikely; this species is relatively slow moving for a salticid and is not aggressive towards humans
|
|
|
|
A noteworthy feature of this salticid species is the presence of a patterned stripe of whitish hairs running the length of the body and the fluffy white brushes on its palps, which are often waved about when the spider is active.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Prostheclina species.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 12 December 2006.
|