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Photo by Leuba Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A small spider with a bright lemon-yellow rounded abdomen with pale markings and brown patterns. The spider would have been about 3 to 4 mm wide. The cephalothorax and legs were green. Legs showed brown banding.

Habitat:

Spotted on kangaroo Thorn (Acacia paradoxa), blending perfectly with the globose yellow flower head. Legs looked so like the bown tipped green spikes.

Notes:

Probably a Diaea species but yet to look for an ID.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Leuba Ridgway
You're probably right about the species Martin but I'll check once again because the head/thorax was so much smaller. Still I might not find a better match. Thanks., I'll come back to it soon.
MartinL
Nice flower spider Certainly Diaea again. Probably D. evanida http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_spiders/FlowerSpider.htm

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International Spider Survey
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Mimetic Animals of the World
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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora
Photographed
PublishedAugust 28, 2014

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