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Tangled Web Weavers
Tangled Web Weavers
Dew Drop Spider (Argyrodes antipodianus) 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. Read more >
Theridion spider - unknown species (Argyrodes sp) 1 image			This Argyrodes is a small brown spider - not sure what species it is. Read more >
Black House Spider (Badumna longinqua) 2 images			The Black House Spider has dark brown to black carapace and legs. The abdomen is charcoal grey with a dorsal pattern of white markings Read more >
Comb-footed Spider (Chrysso sp) 1 image			The Comb-footed Spider has a mottled light brown body. Read more >
Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) 7 images			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 they get darken, and develop red or orange... Read more >
Miagrammopes - unknown Spider species (Miagrammopes sp) 1 image			These spiders look like a piece of twig. The front legs are very long. Read more >
stick spider (Miagrammopes sp.) 2 images			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 body. When an insect hits the line, the spider... Read more >
Red House Spider (Nesticodes rufipes) 2 images			The Red House Spider is reddish-brown in colour. Similar in shape to Redback spider. Read more >
Wall Spider (Oecobius sp) 1 image			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. Read more >
Daddy Long Legs Spider (Pholcus phalangoides) 3 images			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. Read more >
no common name (Uloborus barbipes) 1 image			Uloborus barbipes is a drab greyish-brown spider that looks like a bit of twig when at rest in its web. Read more >
Grey House Spider (Zosis geniculatus) 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. Read more >