Chink Jumping Spider - Holoplatys sp.
FAMILY SALTICIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Chink Jumping Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 12mm
- This is a large jumping spider. It is grey-brown in colour with dark brown patterns on each side of abdomen. Its legs are relatively short, with brown to pale brown in colour.
- The spider has a flattened brown abdomen that is an elongate oval shape. The body shape is perfect for hiding and living in retreat under loose barks.
- The spider hunts on bark, it is well camouflage. Hanging from its safety-line, it jumps down, swings and lands on the insect when the insect just lands on the tree trunk.
- This spider is quite common on smooth tree trunks in Eucalyptus forest in Brisbane.
Male
- This spider with similar colour patterns, smaller abdomen and longer palp. We believe it is the male of this species.
- This spider was found in Anstead Forest on Oct 2009. It was wandering on a large smooth bark gum tree trunk.
- Reference:
- 1. Salticidae Jumping Spiders - Spiders of Australia, Ed Nieuwenhuys, 2009.
- 2. Holoplatys complanata - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2007.
