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)
Arkys speechleyi, Narara NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys speechleyi
Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)
Arkys transversus, Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys transversus
Knobbly Arkys (Arkys tuberculatus), Woy Woy Bay NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys tuberculatus (Knobbly Arkys)

Arkys curtulus (two juveniles)
Arkys curtulus (two juveniles), Patonga NSW © Michael Doe
Arkys curtulus (two juveniles), Patonga NSW © Michael Doe

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

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs Arkys © Michael Doe
  2. Photographs Arkys © Deb Taylor
  3. Photographs Arkys © Jean and Fred Hort
  4. Photographs Arkys © Tony Eales
  5. Arkys, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Arkys
  6. 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