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FAMILY DEINOPIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Net-casting Spiders that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Leg to leg 60mm
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- This Net-casting Spiders look similar to the above species. The only different
are the pattern on the male and female's abdomen. They are found sometimes on
the lower plants in backyards.
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- Male leg to leg
80mm
female leg to leg 60mm
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- The above pictures are taken at the same
location so we believe the spiders are the same species. And we think the
spiders with thin abdomen is male and the one with larger abdomen is female.
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- However, we found that the larger abdomen spider have its clubbed plaps,
and this suggests it is a male. We have to look for more information to check
this out. Please advise if you
have any idea.
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- We found it once in the She-oak tree area in the Karawatha Forest. It was
hiding amount the fallen dry She-oak needle leaves.
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- The spider camouflaged very well on those dry needle leaves back ground.
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- Also find this spider in Daisy Hill on early summer Oct 2008. We believed
this is a male for it has the narrow abdomen and clubbed plaps.
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- However, the plaps of this spider is larger than other species and spiny,
suggested there could be other functions other than mating. Seems both male
and female's plaps are clubbed and male's are even larger.
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- Find the male again on Oct 2009 in Daisy Hill.
- Reference:
- 1. Net-casting
spider - The
Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern
Queensland, 2007.
- 2. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson
1969, p33.
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