Alice Springs Bug Life series…
Author Andrew Turner / Koh Lin ◦
The nature of the landscape and attractions here in Alice Springs provides an incredible backdrop to the many types of spiders that call Alice Springs Home…
Technically, spiders are not “bugs”, belonging as they do to the group “Arachnids”, class Arachnida. We include them in our Alice Springs Bug Life series for interest and because we love spiders.
Following are some of the spiders we have been lucky to see in Alice Springs. Sometimes we see spiders in their web (occasionally with prey). Other times we see them on plants, and occasionally we see adult spiders caring for their egg sac.
From spiders that live on the shrubs and trees that line the streets, to those found in our backyard, parks and gardens, and even those spiders lucky enough to be rescued from the backyard pool, keep your eyes open as you never know what you may see… 😀
Spider egg sac…
Following links to information on the above spiders.
- Anzacia, genus (Patriotic Ground Spider)
- Argiope protensa (Long-tailed St. Andrews Cross Spider)
- Argiope trifasciata (Banded Garden Spider)
- Badumna insignis (Black House Spider)
- Calligaster group, (Badge Huntsman Spider)
- Dolomedes facetus (Elegant Water Spider)
- Euryopis sp
- Gnaphosid (Ground Spider)
- Hortophora, genus (Australasian Garden Orb-Weaver)
- Isopedella inola (Desert Huntsman Spider)
- Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider)
- Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider)
- Peucetia, genus (Green Lynx Spider)
- Philodromidae, family (Running Crab Spider)
- Selenocosmia stirlingi (Barking Spider)
- Sondra aurea (Jumping Spider)
- Storena sp (Ant Spider)
- Tetragnatha, genus (Long-jawed Orb Weaver)
- Trichonephila edulis (Australian Golden Orb Weaver Spider)
- Uloboridae, family (Cribellate Orb Weaver)
- Uloboridae, family (Hackled Orbweavers)
- Zodariidae, family (Ant Spider)
This page is a work in progress…
