|
Three-lobed Spider
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
|
|
|
THREE-LOBED SPIDER FACTS |
Description
Cyclosa trilobita is a brownish grey spider with light and dark blotches. The abdomen has three lobes. It makes a small circular orb web in low shrub. The spider sits at the centre of the web and is easily mistaken for dead flowers or debris in the web.
Size
female: 9 mm. male: 5 mm
Habitat
low shrubs
Food
small insects that are trapped in the web
Notes
This spider is not aggressive and probably too small to be harmful to humans
Classification
| Class: | Arachnida | | Order: | Araneomorphae | | Family: | Araneidae | | Genus: | Cyclosa | | Species: | trilobita | | Common Name: | Three-lobed Spider |
Relatives in same Genus
Three-lobed Spider (C. unknown species)
|
|
