Species Guide — Bug Life — Spiders

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Subcategory: Spiders

Spiders

11 species documented

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Macro image of a small spider on a leaf

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Black-Thighed Jumping Spider

Opisthoncus nigrofemoratus

A larger long legged spider on a green and yellow blade like leaf

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Clever Fishing Spider

Dolomedes facetus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Knobbled Orbweaver

Eriophora pustulosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Long-legged Crab Spider

Sidymella longipes

A greenbodied and legged spider on a plant stem with a black background

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Rosy Flower Spider

Australomisidia rosea

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Saint Andrew's Cross Spider

Argiope keyserlingi

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Social Huntsman Spider

Delena cancerides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Sooty Orbweaver

Cyclosa fuliginata

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Spotted Ground Swift Spider

Nyssus coloripes

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Tasmanian Beach Wolf Spider

Tetralycosa oraria

An orangish coloured spider with a white spotted triangular abdomen on a leaf

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider

Arkys walckenaeri

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Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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A marine flatworm on a rock underwater

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii)

Carpet Flatworm (Thysanozoon brocchii) <br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/thysanozoon-brocchii

A sea-slug on a rock underwater

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)<br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/baeolidia-macleayi