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Hemicloea species
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Hemicloea species (QM) (perhaps Morebilus species now?)
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female: 11 mm
male: 8 mm
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Under loose bark in eucalypt forests; well protected by its camouflage colours
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Uncertain; may cause mild illness and necrotising arachnidism and has some tendency to be aggressive when defending its egg sac; handle with caution
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This spider is usually a uniform dark brown to black colour and has a flat body with an elongate oval abdomen. The legs curve forward in a fashion somewhat similar to that seen among huntsman species.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Ocrisiona leucocomis, Holoplatys complanata and Holoplatys planissima..
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 2 March 2007.
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