Philoponella species

Fact Box Species: Philoponella species (possibly Philoponella variabilis) (QM, Australian Museum) Family: Uloboridae Body length: female: 5 mm male: 3.5 mm Habitat: This species builds a small orb web in branching dead twigs Toxicity: Lacking venom glands, all uloborids are considered harmless to humans

Another specimen Vies from above Web and food mass

Although the overall body shape of this species is similar to Poltys species, the latter lack the web-spinning cribellum and thin sensory hairs (trichobothria) on the legs which Philoponella and other uloborids have.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Other uloborids such as Uloborus barbipes as well as Poltys illepidus.