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Green bifurcated abdomen spider

Description:

A small green and white spider with distinctive patterns and spiny 'shoulders'.
Body length about 9mm.
Good match for the foliage.

Habitat:

Settled into leaflets on Acacia mearnsii at a local nature reserve.

Notes:

This species has been spotted by some other local photographers but nobody seems to have found a convincing species name yet. Could be Araneus sp.

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2 Comments

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 5 years ago

Beautiful.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 6 years ago

Good find -love the green !

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 14, 2018
Submitted on Jan 14, 2018

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