Photographic Competition - best invertebrate animal image species

Posted by MichaelMulvaney

Images submitted as part of Canberra Nature Map Photographic competition 1 July 2023 - 31 March 2024

8 species

Backobourkia sp. (genus) (An orb weaver)

Maratus calcitrans (Kicking peacock spider)

Maratus chrysomelas (Variable Peacock Spider)

Maratus plumosus (Plumed Peacock Spider)

Maratus proszynskii (Peacock spider)

Neosparassus sp. (genus) (Unidentified Badge huntsman)

Opisthoncus sp. (genus) (Unidentified Opisthoncus jumping spider)

Salsa fuliginata (Sooty Orb-weaver)

• Collection type Photo competition

Species Richness Score (SRS)

285

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Conservation level

Invasiveness

Spiders (Araneae)

• 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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