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Australian Net-casting Spider
Deinopis ravida
-34.8374, 150.54
Field Notes
Description:
The net-casting spider has of a pair of very large eyes that face forwards and long, slender legs that at rest are aligned in pairs to form an X (like most other Deinopis species)
Habitat:
On a few strands of web in green shrubbery or on vertical external surfaces such as house walls and doors, the spider forming an X shape. They are not aggressive (to humans) and it is thought that they are not aparticularly toxic)
Notes:
This one was found on the side of a large Eucalypt in our property.
Reference Links:
Deinopis ravida L. Koch, 1879
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 28, 2011
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