Salsa fuliginata

1 Sooty Orb-weaver at Splitters Creek, NSW

Salsa fuliginata at Splitters Creek, NSW - 30 Nov 2020
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Identification history

Salsa fuliginata 29 Apr 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 10 Apr 2021 KylieWaldon

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HIstorical. I think this is the underside of a very pretty spider. I took the picture for the flower and didn't see the spider at the time.

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   29 Apr 2021
Kylie - the taxonomy of the orb weaver spiders is not clear and different guides give different treatments - I am confused at the difference (or whether they are in fact the same species) between the Cyclosa fulignata group and Araneus hamiltonii
KylieWaldon wrote:
   1 May 2021
Thanks Michael. I was surprised how similar underneath this spider was to the St Andrews Cross Spider I had seen on the NSW coast at christmas.

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  • 1 Abundance
  • 30 Nov 2020 08:11 AM Recorded on
  • KylieWaldon Recorded by

Species information

  • Salsa fuliginata Scientific name
  • Sooty Orb-weaver Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1581m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Cyclosa fuliginata (Sooty Orb-weaver)

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