Holoplatys jumping spider
A female Holoplatys jumper made a very swift appearance and photo-bombed a family of comb-footed spiderlings that I was photographing in a web on a window frame. She was here and gone in a second, this being the only shot I managed and as she was so fast and taking me by surprise, not as crisp as I'd like. But such a neat looking spider!
Spiders within the genus Holoplatys have a long, flat, oval cephalothorax and abdomen. They can be found under the bark of trees, especially eucalyptus. In this suburban setting, true to form, this one shot out of and then disappeared in to a very thin crack between the window frame and brick.
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).
8 mm body length
No species identified
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