Cryptachaea veruculata

Cryptachaea veruculata

''Cryptachaea veruculata'' is a spider native to Australia and New Zealand. It has been introduced into England and Belgium. The species has shown to have potential to control spider mites and leafroller caterpillars in New Zealand.
Cryptachaea veruculata Awaiting confirmation... Juvenile? Suspended from silver wattle Acacia mearnsii. Australia,Cryptachaea veruculata,Geotagged,Spring

Appearance

Females reach a body size of about 4 mm, males only about 1.5 mm. They sometimes build small webs in flowers and green vegetation, but will also build webs in corners of the outer walls of buildings.
Scaffold web spider (Cryptachaea veruculata) This spider built an untidy tangled web in a depression on the trunk of a smooth barked eucalyptus. Size approximately 8mm body length.. The high abdomen and the ringed legs are characteristic of Achaearanea. I think Ed Nieuwenhuys has the same species and has written 'Achaearanea/Theridon? ZZ011 with ant.' here... http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/theridiidae/Theridiidae.html http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0d1629aa-f5f0-4b76-96f3-71b7ec26225b#tab_gallery Moved from Achaearanea to Cryptachaea in 2008 http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Cryptachaea+veruculata# Achaearanea,Australia,Cryptachaea veruculata,Geotagged,Spring,Theridiidae,cobweb weaver,comb-footed spiders

Naming

Common names include Diamond Comb-footed Spider. In New Zealand, it is also known as just "cobweb spider".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyTheridiidae
GenusCryptachaea
SpeciesC. veruculata
Photographed in
Australia