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Sidymella trapezia
A pale 7 mm long spider with a trapezoid body. The dorsal surface of the abdomen had a broad brown arrow-head pattern which continued anteriorly as a broad marking along the midline of the cephalothorax. On closer inspection, the spider was seen holding on to its prey, a newly ecloded hopper that can be seen in Pic 1 as a pale insect under the spider's fore legs. Pics 3 & 5 show the hopper's shed skin (exuvia).
Spotted on native shrub seen in sports field.
Occurrence record:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
This spider was very difficult to photograph as he tried his best to hide himself and his dinner ! so, photos are of a poor quality. I have not seen one of these before so it was an exciting find.
Family: Thomisidae
Spotted on Jan 8, 2015
Submitted on Jan 8, 2015
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