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Poecilopachys australasia
Female spider, about 7 mm. Hiding (but obvious because of colouring) underneath leaf of a fig tree. Stationary and difficult to disturb. Appeared to be guarding two pale brown, spindle-shaped egg sacs suspended by web between leaves.
Low woodland between coastal lake (Coila Lake) and ocean. Woodland dominated by Allocasuarina and Banksia (B. serrata and B. integrifolia) with some littoral rainforest elements, including Ficus rubiginosa.
Over the three days I observed the individual, one of the egg sacs hatched.
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