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Apricia jovialis
A small (9mm) black spider with stout brown legs and some feint cream-coloured markings on its abdomen. Looks a bit like the Brazilian... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/104...
Ceiling in suburbia.
Ha! This IS the Brazillian. Breda jovialis is actually a Brazillian species. It is not yet determined if the Ozzie version is genetically different. In the meantime we go with this name...
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spide...
Also known as Summer jumper and Jovial jumper. Patterns on these abdomens very considerably. The adult ones have the 2 bands joined with a strong patch of yellow in the centre of the abdomen. The younger ones may have only the beginnings of the white bands showing. This one might be a male going by the slender abdomen. Some other references to highlight the variations
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details... http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/sh...
http://www.weblightstudio.com.au/spiders...
UPDATE: http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details... name changed
UPDATE: Name accepted now is Apricia jovialis
Someone else has it on Flickr but I believe they have a wrong ID http://www.flickr.com/photos/33230362@N0...
Hi Sara and thanks heaps for your suggestion. This spider is from a different family than those whitetails. Jumping spiders (Salticidae) have eyes spread around their heads! Lampona eyes are all gathered up the front of the head http://www.flickr.com/photos/spidermanbr...
Spotted on Oct 30, 2012
Submitted on Oct 31, 2012
