Foliage webbing spider

Phryganoporus candidus

''Phryganoporus candidus'', sometimes called the foliage webbing spider, is a spider widespread in, but endemic to Australia. It is up to 10 mm long, silvery grey to brown with a pattern of light and dark brown markings on the abdomen.
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Naming

The species name is derived from Latin ''candidus'' "shining white", referring to the color of the legs.
Foliage webbing spider - Phryganoporus candidus For quite some time I have spotted rather messy clumps of webbings but when I opened them I found nothing inside . Maybe it was alwise the wrong time in the year. Now in our spring I found more and when opened up I found many spiderlings and one adult ,presumably the female. The clumpy/messy web did have several openings and the adults escape easily. Australia,Eamw spiders,Geotagged,Phryganoporus candidus,Spring

Behavior

Unlike most other spiders, ''P. candidus'' lives socially at one stage: Spiderlings live together in a nest built on foliage until they reach the subadult stage. The males even stay into the adult stage and only then leave. This communal nest has an inner retreat area, many entrance holes opening into a network of interconnecting passages, and an outer area made out of cribellate silk for prey capture. One nest can in extreme cases house more than 600 spiders. Nests of this size attract many arthropod parasites.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyDesidae
GenusPhryganoporus
SpeciesP. candidus
Photographed in
Australia