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 curtulus (two juveniles)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Arkyidae
- Genus: Arkys
Footnote & References
- Photographs Arkys © Michael Doe
- Photographs Arkys © Deb Taylor
- Photographs Arkys © Jean and Fred Hort
- Photographs Arkys © Tony Eales
- Arkys, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Arkys
- 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 Spiders Index 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 Euryopis umbilicate (Superb Ant-eater Spider) Flower Spiders Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spider) Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Herennia sp Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Molycria burwelli Mopsus mormon Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Tetragnatha Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider