Celaenia excavata
Bird-dropping spider at Black Range, NSW
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| Celaenia excavata | KimPullen | 5 Jul 2020 | |
| Celaenia excavata | KimPullen | 5 Jul 2020 | |
| Celaenia excavata | KimPullen | 15 May 2020 | |
| Unverified | StephH | 14 Apr 2020 |
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User's notes
Photo by Matthew Higgins. One spider about 2 cm across the body. No idea of the binomial of this critter, but pretty sure it's a birdpoo spider, and guessed it's in with the crab spiders. Possibly genus Phrynarachne? The location was actually Black Range but the camera settings are possibly confusing the website.
The second photo was added on 21 April as the spider stayed in the same place for several days.
2 comments
15 May 2020
Bird dropping spider, Celaenia excavata. In the orb weaver family (Araneidae), but doesn't make an orb web.
16 May 2020
Thanks Kim. Yes, it seems to make a small irregular web close to where it crouches.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.846225-36.732348
- Places Black Range, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Apr 2020 01:26 PM Recorded on
- StephH Recorded by
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Species information
- Celaenia excavata Scientific name
- Bird-dropping spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 702m Recorded at altitude
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