DESIDAE - LACE-WEB SPIDERS

FACT FILE - 079

Family

Desidae

Species

Paramatachia tubicola
(Hickman, 1950)

Body Length

Female: 7.3mm
Male: <7.3mm

Habitat

Found in dead trees and wattles in dry eucalypt forest. It is not often seen due to its cryptic habit of living in any small borer hole it can find

Toxicity

Uncertain. The venom of this species could be potentially harmful so handle with caution. (R. Atkinson)

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Female. Photo: ©Glenn Gregg.

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Female. Photo: ©Glenn Gregg.

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Female. Facing view. Photo: ©Glenn Gregg.

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Juvenile. Photo: ©Glenn Gregg.

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The web tube that the spider makes atr the entrance to its borer hole retreat.

Photo: ©Glenn Gregg.

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A hole the spider was occupying in a wattle stem gall.

Photo: ©Glenn Gregg.