Cycloctenid species

Fact Box Species: Cycloctenid species (QM) Family: Cycloctenidae Body length: female: about 6 mm male: perhaps 5 mm Habitat: This species is usually found wandering in leaf litter in eucalypt forests and apparently does not make use of a web for catching its prey Toxicity: Unknown; contact with humans is probably not a rare event but the fangs are almost certainly too small for a significant envenomation

Front view Side view Underside of spider

Features of this spider that assist with its identification are the overall body and leg shapes, the pattern of surface mottling, and the pairs of strong spines on the undersides of legs I and II.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: A variety of spider species where the body and legs have no distinguishing specialisations.