Spiders at the PondsGolden Orb-weaver Juvenile

— see our Insects at the Ponds

Spiders are interesting arachnids, belonging to the class Arachnida. They share the same class with other species that include scorpions, harvestmen, ticks and mites.

Keep your eyes open when visiting the Alice Springs Sewage Ponds for some of our species of spiders.

Juvenile female Golden Orb Weaver Spider (Trichonephila edulis), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds NT © Dorothy Latimer
Juvenile female Golden Orb Weaver Spider (Trichonephila edulis) © Dorothy Latimer
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborders:
    • Mesothelae
    • Opisthothelae

Spiders at the PondsGolden Orb-weaver Juvenile

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