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Thasyraea ornata
Small narrow spider 30mm striped abdomen, few but long leg hairs.
Usually on plants. Actively hunting in daytime.
This one was in the bottome of an old bath tub. "Thasyraea ornata" "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...
Spotted on Dec 4, 2011
Submitted on Dec 4, 2011
2 Comments
I didn't count them before I snapped the pic... no I only do that to flies... :)
ArgyBee, one leg is missing. Did you pull it out? Ha ha ha ....