Holoplatys doing what it does best
Jumping spiders of this genus are incredibly slim, which enable them to live in and around very thin cracks usually under the loose bark of tree trunks - but on occasion I see them within an urban setting as here. The crack between the two different materials here is just a couple of mm in width!
There are 36 species known to science within this genus - flat jumping spiders present identification challenges in the field. Location is unreliable as many specimens only have records from cities, suggesting human-aided dispersal. (Robert Whyte & Greg Anderson, Field Guide to Spiders of Australia 2018).
Female 8 mm length.
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