Spiders

  
 Some Spiders of the Darling Downs Region

These images are by members of the Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club Inc. They are only a sample of what has been recorded on the Darling Downs.

Funnel Web Spiders
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Darling Downs Funnel Web
Hadronyche infensa


Tent Spiders
Tent Spider
Cyrtophora moluccensis

Small Russian Tent Spider
Cyrtophora parnasia web  

Tent Spider web, a species of Cyrtophora
Tent  Structural Engineering for Spiders

Orbweavers


Blue Bush Orbweaver
Araneus cyrtarachnoides


Enamelled Spider
Plebs bradleyi


Silver Orb Weaver 
Leucauge dromedaria


Garden Orb Weaver
Hortophora transmarina

Broun's Marbled Orb-Weaver
Backobourkia 
brouni

Golden Orb Weaver
Trichonephila plumipes 

Golden Orb Weaver
Trichonephila plumipes 




Dewdrop Spider
Argyrodes antipodianus


St Andrews Cross Spider
Argiope keyserlingi
St Andrews Cross Spider
Argiope keyserlingi


Leaf Curling Spider
Phonognatha graeffei
Leaf Curling Spider web


Net-Casting Spiders   

Net-casting Spider
Asianopis ravida


 Huntsman
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Grey Huntsman
Holconia immanis


Ambush Hunters
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Common Triangular Spider
Arkys lancearius


Crab Spiders

Spectacular Crab Spider
Thomisus spectabilis


Lynx Spiders


Lynx Spider
Oxyopes sp.
                                     

Variable Lynx Spider
guarding her egg sac
Oxyopes variabilis


Trapdoor Spiders
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A trapdoor spider hole


Wolf Spiders

Wolf Spider with her spiderlings
and egg sac

Wolf Spider in its lair

Prowling Hunters

Wandering Ghost Spider
Argoctenus sp


Jumping Spiders

Jumping Spider

Water Spiders
 

Dolomedes sp. 


Dolomedes sp. 

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