Author Koh Lin ◦
Looking back at my phantasmagorical journey into the “spiderverse” is something I could never imagine in my younger days… creepy crawlies and eight legs to boot…
The following photo is of a spider moult sitting next to me at my laptop… it is contained within a see-through container… sealed in with a lid just to keep the dust off (so I say)… and it has me thinking… what spiders have I personally had an encounter with…
I really should start with the blog A tangled web… thrashing my arms around, as I ran around in circles, trying to get the spider web off my head, my arms, my body…
and then was the realisation that I had become interested in spiders…
So following is a summation of some of the different spider genus / species I have encountered, and can I say it has been a real thrill to learn more about spiders (that belong in the class Arachnida).
Allocosa sp (Wolf Spider)
— see Wolf Spider (Allocosa sp)
Argiope dietrichae
— see Argiope dietrichae
Argiope protensa
— see Argiope protensa
Argiope trifasciata (Banded Garden Spider)
— see Argiope trifasciata (Banded Garden Spider)
Anzacia
— see Anzacia
Badumna insignis (Black House Spider)
— see Badumna insignis (Black House Spider)
‘Backobourkines’ (genus Backobourkia)
— see ‘Backobourkines‘, known as ‘Three Pointed Orb Weavers’ (genus Backobourkia)
Dolomedes facetus (Elegant Water Spider)
— see Dolomedes facetus (Elegant Water Spider)
Dolophones sp (Wrap-around Spider)
— see Wrap-around Spider
Elassoctenus spp (Miturgidae family)
— see Miturgidae (Elassoctenus spp)
Euryopis (Ant-eating Spiders)
— see Euryopis
Gnaphosidae family (Gnaphosid Ground Spider)
— see Gnaphosid (Ground Spider)
Hogna crispipes (Wolf Spider)
— see Hogna crispipes
Hortophora sp
— see Hortophora sp
Isopedella inola (Desert Huntsman Spider)
— see Isopedella inola
Latrodectus hasselti (Redback Spider)
— see Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider)
— see Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider)
Neoscona sp (Striped Orb Weaver)
— see Striped Orb Weaver (Neoscona sp)
Neosparassus sp
— see Neosparassus sp
Neosparassus calligaster
— see Neosparassus calligaster
Novakiella trituberculosa (Three-pointed Novakiella)
— see Novakiella trituberculosa (Three-pointed Novakiella)
Nyssus albopunctatus (White-spotted Swift Spider)
— see White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus)
Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider)
— see Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider)
Oecobius sp (Wall Spider)
— see Oecobius sp
Oxyopidae (Lynx Spider)
— see Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae)
Oxyopes sp (Lynx Spider)
— see Lynx Spider (Oxyopes)
Peucetia, genus (Green Lynx Spiders)
— see Peucetia
Sondra aurea
— see Sondra aurea
Storena sp (Ant Spider)
— see Storena sp (Ant Spider)
Tetragnatha sp (Long-jawed Orb Weaver)
— see Tetragnatha spp
Trichonephila edulis (Australian Golden Orb Weaver)
— see Trichonephila edulis
Trichonephila plumipes (Tiger Spider)
— see Trichonephila plumipes
Uloboridae, family (Hackled Orbweavers)
— see Hackled Orb-weavers (Uloboridae)
Venatrix arenaris (Wolf Spider)
— see Venatrix arenaris
Zodariidae (Ant Spiders)
— see Zodariidae (Ant Spiders)
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