Black Wishbone Spider
Male, posterior
Black Wishbone Spider
Male, Spinnerets - used to line burrow
| Black Wishbone Spider Male, posterior | | Black Wishbone Spider Male, Spinnerets - used to line burrow | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida) | |||
| Order: | Spiders (Araneae) | ||||
| Family: | Wishbone Spider (:Mygalomorph Nemesiidae) | ||||
| Species: | Black Wishbone Spider (Aname sp ES01) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, Tibial Spur & Brush Pad | ||||
| Other name: | Silverback | ||||
Thank you Mark Newton & Cael Gallery for identifying this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: The tibial spur indicates this is a male. The spur is use to keep the females fangs out of harms way when mating. You can also see the edge of the brush pads shining in the flash. Finally a small hook / claw on the end of the foot. General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere We thought both our Aname were Proshermacha sp, but Cael said "Proshermacha are very, very bright metallic; and i've never found one in such a dry area." | |||||
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