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- This web site contains pictures and information about Spiders that we
found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Spider is different from insect. Spider is order Araneida
under class Arachnida, just like beetle is order Coleoptera
under class Insecta (insects).
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scientific name of spiders is Araneide, which is an order under class Arachnida.
All Arachnida members have four pairs of legs and one pair of chelicerae. Arachnids
are invertebrate animals which belong to a large group known as arthropods.
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All arthropods have a exoskeleton and jointed limbs. Major arthropod groups
include insects. See more about this on Spider Scientific
Facts.
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- We also has the Quick Field Guide of spiders found in Brisbane.
This includes most of the common species found in Brisbane near-by area and
South East Queensland, Australia.
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- For convenience, we divided the spiders that we found into two groups;
 Hunting Spiders - Spiders that do not build any
kinds of web. They hunt their prey on ground or plants.
 Web building Spiders -
Spiders that build webs, including the orb web, tangle web and web casters.-
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- Reference:
- 1. ARANEAE Spiders - Australian Biological Resources Study.
- 2. Spiders - Order Araneida
- lifeunseen.com, Insects and Spiders of Sunshine Coast, Southeast Queensland, Australia, by Nick Monaghan.
- 3. Thumbnail page of Australian spiders - by Ed Nieuwenhuys, 2007.
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