Spurred Orb Weaver: Ventral

Spurred Orb Weaver (Novakiella trituberculosa)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)

Order:

Spiders (Araneae)

Family:

Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Spurred Orb Weaver (Novakiella trituberculosa)

This Photo:

Ventral

Other name:

Three-pointed Novakiella

Thank you Suzanne and Jim & Rog Standen for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
This is a very strange spider, a bit of a Heinz 57 variety. It has long thin legs like a Prowling spider, spurs on it's tibia like a Trapdoor, the back of a Backobourkia (triangular with 3 horns) and eyes like a Jumper. Yet small, only ~5mm long. This is a male; the female wouldn't have the spurs. The only thing that was truly unique about it was the dark brown triangular patch on it's back.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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