Alice Springs Desert Park
ASDP ArachnidaAustralian Golden Orb-Weaving Spider Banded Garden Spider Desert Huntsman Spider Desert Scorpion Green Lynx Spider Longtailed Orb-weaving Spider Longtailed Orb-weaving Spider with Prey Running Crab Spider Three-pointed Novakiella Wrap-around Spider
The Banded Garden Spider (Argiope trifasciata) are sometimes seen in the park (under the right conditions). Their web can sometimes be seen strung across the tall spinifex grass, with the spider sitting in the middle of their web
After weeks of variable rain in Central Australia, their was a proliferation of spiders including the following Banded Garden Spider. A walk through the park you could see the webs strung across the blades of spinifex grass.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Argiope
- Species: Argiope trifasciata
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Ben Kurek, on iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/147597096
- Many thanks for ID to Matthew Connors, member of Entomology Australia “Invertebratology”, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/507004496955277
- Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Argiope trifasciata
ASDP ArachnidaAustralian Golden Orb-Weaving Spider Banded Garden Spider Desert Huntsman Spider Desert Scorpion Green Lynx Spider Longtailed Orb-weaving Spider Longtailed Orb-weaving Spider with Prey Running Crab Spider Three-pointed Novakiella Wrap-around Spider
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