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Supunna albomaculata
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Fact Box
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Supunna albomaculata (Platnick) (correct name now S. funerea?)
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Supunna albopunctatum (RM)
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female: 9 mm
male: 7 mm
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Resting on any outside surface but mostly in leaf litter
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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 22 January 2009.
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