Salsa fuliginata

Sooty Orb-weaver at Wodonga, VIC

Salsa fuliginata at Wodonga, VIC - 26 Jan 2022
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Identification history

Salsa fuliginata 27 Jan 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 26 Jan 2022 KylieWaldon

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No really large female spiders - though plenty of webs. Only saw four spiders like this one in the middle of the web. But these are males aren't they?

2 comments

   27 Jan 2022
This is a female - the males are 7mm or less
KylieWaldon wrote:
   29 Jan 2022
crikey! Well I didn't find them. I've never seen these spiders from the front before!

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Sighting information

  • 4 Abundance
  • 26 Jan 2022 09:01 AM Recorded on
  • KylieWaldon Recorded by

Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

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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