ARANEIDAE - ORB-WEB WEAVING SPIDER
Scorpion Tailed Spider

FACT FILE - 087

Family

Araneidae

Species

Arachnura higginsi
(L. Koch, 1872)

Body Length

Female: 11mm
Male: 2mm

Habitat

Found on a small orb web in bushes.

Toxicity

Unknown, but considered harmless to humans.

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Female
Photo: ©Kristi Ellingsen,

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Female. Side view.
Photo: ©Kristi Ellingsen,

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Female. Facing view.
Photo: ©Kristi Ellingsen,

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Female. Ventral view.
Photo: ©Kristi Ellingsen,

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Female shown at bottom of its egg sacs.
Photo: ©John Robertson.