Slender Green Orb Spider
Female, eye arrangement
Slender Green Orb Spider
Female, camouflage
| Slender Green Orb Spider Female, eye arrangement | | Slender Green Orb Spider Female, camouflage | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida) | |||
| Order: | Spiders (Araneae) | ||||
| Family: | Orb-weaver Spider (Araneidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Slender Green Orb Spider (Araneus talipedatus) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female, hairy & spiky legs | ||||
Thank you Anthony Paul & Suzanne and Jim for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere On first spotting this pretty lady, we thought it was a Lynx spider; due to the spikey legs. Turned out to be an orb spider. It's well camouflaged in green ivy leaves; but has a very small web. In females, the epigyne has a long scape (a tongue-like appendage), or "epigeal scape". | |||||
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