Stirling Range National Park SpidersBackobourkia sp (Orb-weaver) Celaenia excavata (Common Bird-dropping Spider) Hortophora sp (Australasian Garden-Orb Weaver)
There are spiders to be seen throughout the Stirling Range National Park. Some will be obvious, hanging from large webs that are strung out between shrubs and trees, whilst others will be hiding motionless among the flowers and on leaves, these most likely being ambush predators.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Infraorder: Entelegynae
- Superfamily: Araneoidea
- Family: Araneidae
Footnote & References
- Spiders Photographs © Julie Schofield
Stirling Range National Park SpidersBackobourkia sp (Orb-weaver) Celaenia excavata (Common Bird-dropping Spider) Hortophora sp (Australasian Garden-Orb Weaver)
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