Wasp-mimicking Swift Spider
Female, ventral, ~7mm
Murray Mallee Region
Black Swift Spider
Female, Anterior
 
                      
Black Swift Spider (Nyssus sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)
Order: Spiders (Araneae)
Family: Swift Spider (Corinnidae)
Species: Black Swift Spider (Nyssus sp ES01)
This Photo:     Female, Dorsal
Synonym: Supunna sp

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
These have recently been renamed. There is quite a variety of them with varying spots (white & yellow) and leg markings (black, orange & white).

Copyright © 2004-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 15-May-2004
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.