Dome Tent Spider (species: Cyrtophora moluccensis) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Cyrtophora moluccensis
Dome Tent Spider


©David Witherall and Beth: Dome Tent Spider, Cyrtophora moluccensis, Normanby Island

©Robert Whyte: Juvenile Dome Tent Spider (Cyrtophora moluccensis) (5mm body length)

©David: Goomboora Park, Freshwater Creek, Cairns

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Araneidae
Genus Cyrtophora
Species Cyrtophora moluccensis

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Interesting facts

  • This is a colonial spider where a hundred spiders can share the same web. The massive web allows for the ricochet effect where the prey may escape the first web but then bounce into the next one, or the next one, and so on until eventually they are trapped and surrounded.

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It is found in south east and coastal parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and in the north of Western Australia. (Arachne.org)

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