Sliver Lobed Spider 1 - Cyclosa sp.

FAMILY ARANEIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Silver Lobed Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.


Body length 8mm

This is a relatively small web building spider. The spider is brown and its lobed abdomen is silver in colour.



We took the above photos in Karawatha Forest during late winter. The spider seemed building an egg-sac.

Reference:
1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson 1969, p67, Plate163.
2. Cyclosa sp Small silvery male - Save Our Waterways Now.