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Dome like Web from Dome Tent Spider - Cyrtophora moluccensis The spider deposits it’s egg sack in the pinnacle of the tent from the inside. Australia,Cyrtophora moluccensis,Dome Tent Spider,Eamw images,Eamw spiders,Geotagged,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Dome like Web from Dome Tent Spider - Cyrtophora moluccensis

The spider deposits it’s egg sack in the pinnacle of the tent from the inside.

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Common in open woodland. The colourful abdominal markings of this large spider make it reasonably easy to recognize. Although it technically belongs to the orb-web spiders (family Araneidae), Cyrtophora moluccensis does not build an orb web. Its tent-like, highly complex non-sticky web is sometimes considered a precursor of the simplified orb-web.

Similar species: Spiders
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded May 17, 2021. Captured Dec 27, 2017 21:33 in 80-86 Tanderra Way, Karana Downs QLD 4306, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/22.0
  • 1/166s
  • ISO3200
  • 146mm