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Photos from various angles are sometimes necessary for specific ID.

  • front (eye arrangement, pedipalp colour)
  • dorsal (above - general colouration, carapace and abdomen patterns)
  • ventral (underneath - especially useful for some of the ground-dwelling families and orb-weaving families)
  • side (further details for general shape, abdomen patterns and eye configuration)
  • back (further details for abdomen pattern).

Comments or photos on the following also provides valuable information if/when such features are applicable and observed...

  • surroundings and location (eg. ground, leaf litter, hand rail, tree trunk)
  • web structure and silk use (eg. orb, messy & tangled, throwing silk)
  • breeding (eg. display, egg sac)
  • behaviour (eg. hunting, interaction, familiarity with people such as the threatening display of a huntsman or the friendly and curious jumping spiders that jump onto the camera lens)
  • notable, unique, exciting or strange observations (eg. spur-like protrusions from legs, camouflage, mimicry)

Please note that the size of the spider is measured by body length.

  • body size is from the top of the cephalothorax (head) to the tip of the abdomen without including the legs.

(Updated: October, 2022. Please feel free to message a spider moderator if you have any queries or suggestions for improvement)

Resources: 

  • Field guide: A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia authored by Robert Whyte & Greg Anderson
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Spiders

Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae)
Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae)
Wolf spiders (Lycosidae)
Other hunting spiders
Orb-weaving spiders (several families)
Trapdoor, Funnelweb or Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae)
Other web-building spiders
Water spiders (Pisauridae)

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NateKingsford wrote:
3 hrs ago
This one would be a new species, there aren't any currently described species of Idiosoma in or near Canberra. This genus is very uncommon in this region (at least according to the data available) and every sighting is a bit more helpful. If you find another one, it might be a good idea to collect a specimen for future research
Idiosoma sp. (Genus)
AaronClausen wrote:
5 hrs ago
This is epic
Idiosoma sp. (Genus)
Wolfdogg wrote:
5 hrs ago
Hey mate I found her while I was digging out a post
Idiosoma sp. (Genus)
NateKingsford wrote:
Yesterday
@EathanDouglas is this a Neosparassus or one of the sunburst ones? Also has much happened with the sunburst? Are they a new genus or apart of the Neosparassus genus?
Unidentified Huntsman spider (Sparassidae)
NateKingsford wrote:
Yesterday
Awesome find! Did you find her out in the open?
Idiosoma sp. (Genus)

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