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Three-lobed Spider. Let me know if you recognise the species.
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Three-lobed Spider
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Three-lobed Spider
Photograph copyright: ozwildlife - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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THREE-LOBED SPIDER FACTS |
Description
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 centre of the web has loops or spiral of coarse silk. 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: | sp | | Common Name: | Three-lobed Spider |
Relatives in same Genus
Three-lobed Spider (C. trilobita)
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