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Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - another early morning jumping spider beautifully patterned. I think another Jotus
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Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - Salticidae looks a bit like Hypoblemum villosum except for the low white band on the edge of the head. May be a Jotus sp. out in early morning sun
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - beautifully marked juvenile huntsman presumably Neosparassus. 4 to 5mm on leaf of Hovea lanceolata in dry eucalypt woodland
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Long-jawed Orbweavers (Family Tetragnathidae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - I think one of the shiny Theridiidae. On riverbank vegetation
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Stern Jumping Spider (Clynotis severus)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - another well camouflaged jumper on eucalypt bark. this one I think is a Clynotis severus
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Araneoid Spiders (Superfamily Araneoidea)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - small Araneidae in web in riverside bush. I have seen this in much drier locations too but not sure of its genus
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Stern Jumping Spider (Clynotis severus)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - about 7mm jumper on eucalypt in riverside bushland. Looks a bit like Apricia bracteata but doesn't have much irridescence and possibly a bit hairy. Alternatively a Clynotis severus variant. It maybe has some of its frown lines.
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Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - interesting jumper that I think might be an Opisthoncus of sorts. in riverside bushland. very black face distinctive pattern on its head and abdomen
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Subtribe SimaethinaObserver
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - 2 to 3mm Salticidae. red round eyes quite orange red colouration in pattern. Unsure of genus
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Genus RhipiceraObserver
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - neat feathery antennas on beetle crawling up a eucalypt near river
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Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - tiny maybe 3mm quite a dancer throwing his legs around. white hairs on the top of pedipalps. not a pattern of markings I have seen before but maybe a Hypoblemum?
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Typical Spiders (Suborder Araneomorphae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - 2 individuals together in rotting fallen timber. I think they must be Austrammo sp although they are albinos compared with the all over dark ones we usually see. Maybe another sp?
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Holoplatys invenustaObserver
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - Neat Holoplatys sp about 10mm in fallen timber dry bushland. orange red legs and white semi circular markings on abdomen. looks similar to H minuta on Findaspider but this one a lot larger
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Genus TurneromyiaObserver
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - not sure if the pics are good enough to ID this that was resting inside a watering pipe in an orchard. I thought wasp but then saw pics of neon cuckoo bee which had some similarities to this. Not sure
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Arachnids (Class Arachnida)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - slightly different shape and hairier Tharpyna than we usually see around. abdomen is more pointy
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Arachnids (Class Arachnida)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - very stripey legs about 5mm jumping spider. think it has to be a Helpis sp. it did jump and played dead for quite a while when captured for pic
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Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - stunning insect 25 to 30mm long landed on a shadehouse. I think a hairy flower wasp and seems a good match for this species
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Genus PoeciliptaObserver
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - 7 to 8mm very fast moving in dry bushland. Looks similar to pics of Poecilipta venusta but I don't know what distinguishes the species within this genus
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Garden Jumping Spiders (Genus Opisthoncus)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - 2 different individuals 5 to 6mm close together in dry bushland. Close to the suspended egg sac but I don't know if it belongs to either spider. These spiders look very similar to a possible male we found that was ID' d as related to the Opisthoncus abnormis -tenuipes group
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Zodariid Spiders (Family Zodariidae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - 6 to 7mm Habronestes out in daylight ants everywhere. Eye pattern fits Baehr's H.pictus group and markings are closest to H. helenae although none we have seen before have had the red tinge to the dorsal patches. neat spider
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - tiny spider that came home with a bucket of blackberries. it doesn't look like a juvenile of any of the families I am familiar with. Not sure if there is enough detail for an ID. Two spots on underside of abdomen and a central stripe and dark patch on rear of the topside. Eye area looks slightly raised.
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Genus HabronestesObserver
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - 6mm female very fast moving Zodariidae that came inside the house. The eye pattern and markings seem a match for Habronestes macedonensis group. It could be H.hebronae which has been collected in central NSW
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Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - 3 to 4mm flower spider on a young eucalypt. I think it is a yellow form of Zygometis xanthogaster.
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Granny's Cloak Moth (Speiredonia spectans)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - resting on the roof of a cave in Bargo SCA in very low light. beautiful moth.
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Cyrioides imperialisObserver
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - jewel beetle on cherry balart beside walking track in Bargo SCA
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Panther-like Uloborid (Philoponella pantherina)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - Not sure I've got the location exact on the map but it's in Bargo SCA near Hilltop. I think this might be Philoponella pantherinus. it is a good match for appearance habitat and location with one in Whyte and Anderson. found in a depression on a cave roof in low light. grey egg sac. a series of almost parallel lines of web across the depression maybe 30cm wide. Spider 5 to 7mm body length.
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Green-face Gum Hopper (Platybrachys decemmacula)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - neat hopper maybe 10mm sitting on eucalypt. family Eurybrachyidae looks a match for pics of Platybrachus decemmacula in ALA
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Diadoxus erythrurusObserver
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - brightly coloured insect out in daylight hours. I first thought a bug but think probably more likely Coleoptera. Closest match I can find for antenna body shape etc is Buprestidae maybe Chalcophorinae
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Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - small and fine female Prodidomidae in house at night. about 5mm. I am pretty sure it is a Molycria the pattern of the spinnerets fits this genus and there are several species recorded for roughly this area
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Entelegyne Spiders (Infraorder Entelegynae)Observer
liz_macraildDescription
Field Notes - 5mm male long spinneret spider family Prodidomidae. feeding on flying ants attracted to lights at night. very fast and moved in leaps of up to 6 to 7 cm. very intricate pedipalps. It looks similar to Wydundra cooper on Arachne website but the pedipalps and where the spinnerets emerge on the abdomen not identical.
