Thasyraea ornata

Description:

Scrawny spider with beady little eyes and a silly looking fringe. Approximately 30mm total length.

Habitat:

Found inside suburban laundry room.

Notes:

This one is apparently an ambush spider and prefers to live on eucalyptus trees. Must have got lost. Probably harmless to humans. "Virtually all internet photos of Australian specimens of a spider labelled as Tibellus tenellus (Family Philodromidae) are now considered to be incorrectly named. The original source of this error appears to have been a photo included in Ramon Mascord's 1980 Spiders of Australia booklet, although at that time Mascord believed Tibellus tenellus belonged in the Family Thomisidae. Dr Robert Raven of the Queensland Museum has now advised that while Tibellus tenellus is listed in Platnick's World Spider Catalog as being present from China to Australia, almost all specimens thought to be this species and found in Queensland are actually likely to be the zorid Thasyraea ornata." - http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spide... Thanks yet again to Atul for finding ID.