Diamond Comb-Footed Spider - Achaearanea veruculata
- Diamond Comb-Footed Spider and her young, body length 4mm
- The Diamond Comb-Footed Spiders are common in Brisbane Eucalypt forest. They usually build tangled webs between large but very close smooth-bark gum tree trunks. They are grey to reddish-brown in colour with a diamond pattern on the abdomen.
- Above picture shows the spider captured a hopper on its tangled web. However, the spider itself might not have a happy ending for there was a parasitic larvae (look like a Tachinid Fly) on its abdomen.
- We sometimes found this spider on plants in our backyard.
- Reference:
- 1. Achaearanea veruculata - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University of Southern Queensland, 2007.
FAMILY THERIDIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Diamond Comb-Footed Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
