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Family
Pisauridae
- This page contains pictures and information about Common Water Spiders that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Leg to leg 50mm
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- This Water Spider easily found near the still water along Bulimba Creek.
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- We sometime find this Water Spiders running across the running stream. Most
of the time they are hiding among the plants at the water edge. The spider is
brown in colour with white lines along each side of its body.
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- This Water Spider look similar to the one above but does not have the white
lines on its body. It puts its front legs on water seems sensing if there
is any prey passing by.
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- Reference:
- 1. Megadolomedes
australianus - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian
Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2009.
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