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08-10-2020
Column: One Small Place on Earth - NET-CASTING SPIDER
Column: One Small Place on Earth - NET-CASTING SPIDER
This is the fourth species of net-casting spider I have filmed on Tamborine Mountain. It was on the walk in early January which also yielded the antechinus. The eye-catching green on the abdomen is not always present. The spider tends to be nocturnal and is found in southern Queensland. According to a 2014 World Spider Catalogue list, there are 14 species in the genus, half of which are found in Australia, five in sub-Saharan Africa and one is endemic in New Caledonia. There is scant general information online about the species I filmed.
Peter Kuttner

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