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Australian Spiders

Ambushers and Anglers
The Net-casting Spider builds a small web in the form of a net held by the front legs that can be stretched out wide to envelop an unwary insect passing by. The spider has a large pair of forward...
Net-casting Spider
(Deinopis subrufa)
7 images 		There are probbaly several species of Flower Spiders shown on this page. Let me know if you can identify any of them. Most have colour combinations of green, yellow, red and white. The head and legs...
Flower Spider
(Diaea sp)
7 images 		Most of the Diaea species of flower spiders have some green or brown markings. This one is all white - not sure if it is a different species or just a colour variation?
White Flower Spider
(Diaea sp 2)
1 image 		The Crab Spider rests with its first two pairs of legs pointing forward. This makes it hard to see when it is resting on a twig.
Crab Spider
(Sidymella sp)
1 image
The White Crab Spider has almost translucent head and legs. Body is white with a few small black spots at the outer corners. The spider will retreat if approached. The stout legs and shape of body...
White Crab Spider
(Thomisus spectabilis)
5 images 		This spider is creamy white in colour with brownish red markings on each side of the head (the cephalothorax), and on the front part of the abdomen. The male has dark bands on the legs.
Flower Spider
(Zygometis lactea)
1 image

Ground Spiders
The Spotted Ground Spider has black body with yellow spots on the abdomen. The legs are brown or black. It is a rover and can move rapidly.
Spotted Ground Spider
(Storena sp)
3 images

Huntsman Spiders
This Dolomedes water spider is brown with a white border round the head and white markings on the sides. It looks a bit like a wolf spider but does not have a large pair of eyes in centre like wolf...
Water Spider
(Dolomedes sp)
2 images 		The Brown Huntsman is a large spider patterned in brown and black. It has crab-like legs, and is fast moving.
Brown Huntsman Spider
(Heteropoda jugulans)
6 images 		This small green huntsman spider appears to be undescribed although it is fairly common. It is a new genus near Neosparassus.
Green huntsman
(near-Neosparassus undescribed)
2 images 		This Huntsman is a large pale brown spider
Huntsman Spider
(Neosparassus sp)
1 image

Jumping Spiders
Helpis jumping spiders are shades of brown and cream. They often hide in their retreat in a curled up leaf and ambush passing insects.
Bronze Jumping Spider
(Helpis sp)
1 image 		The Green Jumping Spider is bright green with two dark lines along the abdomen. The female has white pattern on top of the head around the eyes. The male has a dark
Green jumping spider
(Mopsus mormon)
2 images 		The Biting Jumping Spider is shiny black in colour, with a pale patch on the back of the head and a pale stripe down the centre of the abdomen. It has large eyes and the first pair of legs are...
Biting Jumping Spider
(Opisthoncus mordax)
2 images 		This jumping spider has black and white pattern on the head. The rest of the body is pale brown with white markings. It rolls up a leaf into a tube to make a retreat. The eyes are arranged in two...
Jumping Spider
(Opisthoncus polyphemus)
2 images
Opisthoncus jumping spiders have large eyes and short stout legs. The first pair of legs have strong spines. The eyes are arranged in two rows and the first pair are large and forward facing. They...
Jumping Spider
(Opisthoncus sp)
3 images

Lynx Spiders
Lynx Spiders have long spines on slender legs. The spiders are usually shades of pale brown, light yellow, cream or green and some have stripes or blotches of darker colours down the back. The eyes...
Lynx Spider
(Oxyopes sp)
7 images

Master Weavers
The Scorpion Tailed Spider body is various shades of brown but most commonly fawn, with a black tip on the end of the abdomen. The female has long tail that can be curled over the body, making it...
Scorpion Tailed Spider
(Arachnura higginsi)
1 image 		St Andrew's Cross Spiders are named for the bluish-white cross-shaped pattern of silk through the centre of the web resembling the St Andrew's cross on the Scottish flag. Females have a...
St. Andrews Cross Spider
(Argiope keyserlingi)
7 images 		The Bird Dropping spider has a body that looks like bird droppings. This protects them from being eaten by predators such as birds and wasps.<br>
Bird Dropping Spider
(Celaenia excavata)
1 image 		This Cyclosa species has a bright orange-yellow abdomen with black and white markings. Like all Cyclosa species, it has a three-lobed abdomen. It makes a small circular orb web in low shrub. The...
Three-lobed Spider
(Cyclosa sp.)
3 images
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...
Three-lobed Spider
(Cyclosa trilobita)
1 image 		The Dome Web Spider builds a dome shaped web that looks like a large inverted saucer with tangle of web above and below. The spider sits above the dome. The dome may be 50 cm in diameter. The body...
Dome Web Spider
(Cyrtophora moluccensis)
7 images 		The Tent Web Spider builds a small tent-like structure about 20-30 cm in diameter with a distinct central peak or cap where the spider sits. Above and below the tent are messy tangles of threads. ...
Tent Web Spider
(Cyrtophora hirta)
2 images 		Garden Orb Weavers are stout, reddish-brown or grey spiders with triangular abdomen. The Garden Orb Weavers build large, strong, vertical orb webs. The web is usually built in the evenings and taken...
Garden Orb Weaver Spider
(Eriophora sp)
6 images
Stout, reddish-brown or grey spiders with triangular abdomen. The Garden Orb Weavers build large, strong, vertical orb webs. The web is usually built in the evenings and taken down again at dawn. The...
Garden Orb Weaver Spider
(Eriophora transmarina)
6 images 		The female Jewelled Spider has a black abdomen with bright yellow and white markings. The extent of the white and yellow varies, and some specimens are mostly black. It has six strong spines. The...
Jewelled Spider
(Gasteracantha minax)
3 images 		The Silver Orb Weaver has silver body with black and yellow markings. Has light green legs and dark green head.
Silver Orb Weaver Spider
(Leucauge sp)
3 images 		The female Golden Orb Weaver is a large spider with grey body and black and yellow banded legs. The male is much smaller and brown or reddish-brown in colour. The female builds a large vertical web...
Golden Orb Weaver Spider
(Nephila edulis)
6 images
Leaf-curling Spiders are small orb weavers that protect themselves from predators by curling a leaf into a tube held together with silk. Head and legs are red-brown. Abdomen is creamy yellow with...
Leaf-curling Spider
(Phonognatha sp)
2 images 		Long Jawed Spiders have very long, slender legs that are often stretched out in front and behind along a twig or branch when the spiders are resting. The palps are large.
Long Jawed Spider
(Tetragnatha sp)
2 images

Miturgidae
Cheiracanthium gilvum is a beige coloured Sac spider with a dark stripe down its back. It forms a retreat by curling green leaves into a tube.
Sac Spider
(Cheiracanthium gilvum)
1 image

Sac Spiders
Sac spiders are yellow to fawn, may have dark markings on the body, and are fairly slow moving.
Sac Spider
(Clubiona sp)
3 images

Tangled Web Weavers
The Black House Spider has dark brown to black carapace and legs. The abdomen is charcoal grey with a dorsal pattern of white markings
Black House Spider
(Badumna longinqua)
2 images 		The Wall Spider is a tiny pale brown mottled, semi-translucent spiders. Indoors, these tiny spiders look like untidy spots of dust around edge of ceiling. They live in a small tangled web.
Wall Spider
(Oecobius sp)
1 image 		The Daddy Long Legs Spider has very long thin legs and is often seen in undisturbed areas in and around the house. When disturbed, the spiders vibrate their web.
Daddy Long Legs Spider
(Pholcus phalangoides)
3 images 		The Dew Drop Spider is a small spider with shiny silver abdomen , making it look like a drop of dew. It is often found on the web of the Golden Orb Weaver spider.
Dew Drop Spider
(Argyrodes antipodianus)
3 images
This Argyrodes is a small brown spider - not sure what species it is.
Theridion spider - unknown species
(Argyrodes sp)
1 image 		The Comb-footed Spider has a mottled light brown body.
Comb-footed Spider
(Chrysso sp)
1 image 		The Redback Spider is a black spider with round body. The female is black with red stripe on back. The newly-hatched, baby spiders are creamy white with darker spots on their back. As the young grow...
Redback Spider
(Latrodectus hasselti)
7 images 		The Red House Spider is reddish-brown in colour. Similar in shape to Redback spider.
Red House Spider
(Nesticodes rufipes)
2 images
These spiders look like a piece of twig. The front legs are very long.
Miagrammopes - unknown Spider species
(Miagrammopes sp)
1 image 		These spiders look like a piece of twig when they are at rest. They use a single woolly silk line to catch their prey. They keep the line taut by pulling any slack silk into a loop underneath their...
stick spider
(Miagrammopes sp.)
2 images 		Uloborus barbipes is a drab greyish-brown spider that looks like a bit of twig when at rest in its web.
no common name
(Uloborus barbipes)
1 image 		The Grey House Spider is a small silver and grey spider, with banded legs. The abdomen in triangular in side view. Builds tangled web similar to Redback.
Grey House Spider
(Zosis geniculatus)
1 image

Wolf Spiders
The Wolf Spider is a hunting spider. Body colours are typically dark grey or brown, with bars of tan, yellow or black. May have pattern of radiating lines on thorax. The spider's underside is...
Wolf Spider
(Lycosa sp)
6 images

Trapdoor and Funnel Web Spiders
Brush-footed Trapdoor Spiders belong to the Barychelidae family. They live in burrow with a trapdoor under leaf litter, or against tree roots or rocks. The species shown here is khaki-brown coloured...
Brush-footed Trapdoor Spider
(Seqocrypta sp.)
1 image 		The Golden Trapdoor Spider is a large sturdy spider. Has two rows of tiny eyes. Detects prey by vibrations near entrance to their burrow. Males rear up when provoked and can bite. The bite is...
Golden Trapdoor Spider
(Arbanitis sp)
4 images






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