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Tetragnatha demissa
An interesting looking spider with a long patterned abdomen, huge chelicerae and very long spindly legs. This one was hunting in a large tree quickly charging at any small creature that tickled the nearby leaves.
On acacia leaves in a local nature reserve.
order: ARANEAE
infraorder: ARANEOMORPHAE
family: TETRAGNATHIDAE
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
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