ArkysArkys alatus (Winged Arkys) Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) Arkys cornutus (Horned Triangular Spider) Arkys curtulus (Small Bird-dropping Spider) Arkys lancearius (Triangular Spider) Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)
With the resemblance of “bird dropping”, the Arkys curtulus is commonly known as the Small Bird-dropping Spider, the Bird Dropping Spider or the Bird Poo Spider.
The colours and patterns vary considerably between individuals and can range from cream, orange, mottled, brown and black. This small spider is found in eastern Australia, resting on leaves and waiting for prey to come within reach.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Arkyidae
- Genus: Arkys
- Species: Arkys curtulus
Footnote & References
- Photographs Arkys curtulus © Deb Taylor
- Photographs Arkys curtulus © Michael Doe
- Photographs Arkys curtulus © Tony Eales
- Arkys curtulus (Simon, 1903), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5764583c-dfd4-4d71-ab68-9ee19c7c9153
ArkysArkys alatus (Winged Arkys) Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) Arkys cornutus (Horned Triangular Spider) Arkys curtulus (Small Bird-dropping Spider) Arkys lancearius (Triangular Spider) Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)
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SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Araneidae — Orb Weavers Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Flower Spiders Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus volans Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider