ArkysArkys Image Index Arkys alatus (Winged Arkys) Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) Arkys bulburinensis Arkys cornutus (Horned Triangular Spider) Arkys curtulus (Small Bird-dropping Spider) Arkys lancearius (Triangular Spider) Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)

The amazing Arkys, a group of spiders known as Triangular Spiders or Ambush Spiders is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders, family Arkyidae. The Arkys are usually small and have a triangular shaped abdomen.

Check out our selection of some of the Arkys presented here.

Arkys alatus (Winged Arkys), Patonga NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys alatus (Winged Arkys)
Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys), Albany WA © Jean and Fred Hort
Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys)
Arkys bulburinensis, Mount Mee QLD © Tony Eales
Arkys bulburinensis
Arkys cornutus, Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys cornutus (Horned Triangular Spider)
Arkys curtulus, Upper Caboolture QLD © Tony Eales
Arkys curtulus (Small Bird-dropping Spider)
Arkys dilatatus, Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys dilatatus (Dilated Arkys)
Triangular Spider (Arkys lancearius), NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys lancearius (Triangular Spider)
Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Infraorder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Arkyidae
  • Genus: Arkys

Footnote & References

  1. Arkys, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8c231850-8867-46c1-ae83-4cb925bdeea9
  2. Triangular Spiders (Genus Arkys), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/201612-Arkys

ArkysArkys Image Index Arkys alatus (Winged Arkys) Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) Arkys bulburinensis 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