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    (c) Helen Macky, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) James Niland, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Christopher Caine, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Two-spined spider

Poecilopachys australasia

Worldwide
2,588 observations
Group
Arachnids
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Poecilopachys australasia, commonly known as the two-spined spider, is an Australian orb-weaving spider which has been recorded in New Zealand since the early 1970s. The spider is nocturnal, spinning a cart-wheel-shaped web at night which it consumes in the morning. Females can be commonly found on the undersides of citrus tree leaves during the day.

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