Spiders
Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
Sighting 4524414

Salsa fuliginata

Sooty Orb-weaver at Wodonga

Salsa fuliginata at Wodonga - 6 Nov 2023 07:58 AM
Salsa fuliginata at Wodonga - 6 Nov 2023 07:58 AM
Salsa fuliginata at Wodonga - 6 Nov 2023 07:58 AM
Salsa fuliginata at Wodonga - 6 Nov 2023 07:58 AM
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Identification history

Salsa fuliginata 3 May 2024 MichaelMulvaney
Salsa fuliginata 7 Nov 2023 KylieWaldon
Unverified 6 Nov 2023 KylieWaldon

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I thought it was a beetle so I went in close, then it moved its legs and I thought.. ohhh. Its a spider. Its on the leaves of a Varnish Wattle.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

  • Salsa fuliginata Scientific name
  • Sooty Orb-weaver Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1581m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • External link More information

  • Synonyms

    Cyclosa fuliginata (Sooty Orb-weaver)

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