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Servaea villosa
A small (8mm?) very hairy spider with robust shortish legs and mottled patterns all over of cream, grey, chocolate, black and a hint of pale blue. Very fast moving; trying to hide in the deep crevices of bark. Nice smile.
This one on Eucalyptus melliodora - Yellow Box Gum; suburban parklands near open dry sclerophyll eucalyptus forests.
Moved so fast I thought it was a jumping spider until I zoomed in.
Spotted on Jan 30, 2012
Submitted on Jan 30, 2012
7 Comments
Velvet Plush Toy
Yay, I'm so glad you now have an ID! I found it on http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian...
Wow I think you've hit the nail on the head CBK. Thanks so much. I searched for 30 mins and wasn't getting anywhere. Hadn't even seen that spider website before either. Excellent.
Thanks for the suggestions ladies. Checking them now...
It resembles Servaea vestita.
Female peacock spider (Maratus volans) perhaps?
Very nice! You are right, it does look like a jumping spider but the eyes are wrong - interesting!