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Supunna albomaculata
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Fact Box
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Supunna albomaculata (QM)
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Supunna albopunctatum
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female: 9 mm
male: 7 mm
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Resting on any outside surface, including open ground, leaf litter, tree trunks, bare rocks or fences
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Uncertain; may cause mild illness in humans
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Supunna albopunctata is easy to identify because of its uniform pattern of pale dots on a dark body surface. It is a vagrant that is most often found in leaf litter.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Supunna picta.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 5 February 2002.
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