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
The genus Mangrovia include species previously Araneus albidus, now known as Mangrovia albida, an Australian orb-weaving spider.
The following images by Annette Fraser-Dunn, are of the Mangrovia albida photographed in a garden in Berrinba (Logan) in SE Queensland.
The following images by Stefan Jones, are of the White Crab Spider (Thomisus spectabilis) with captured prey Mangrovia albida.
Belonging to the Orb-weaver family of spiders, one of the identifying features besides eye arrangement, is this white marking on the abdomen, a visual identification for some Orbs.
Many thanks to Craig Fairhurst-Bentley (member of Australian spider identification page, Facebook group).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Family: Araneidae
- Genus: Mangrovia Framenau & Castanheira, 2022
- Species: Mangrovia albida (L. Koch, 1871)
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Micky O’Brien, member of Australian spider identification page, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australianspidereducation/
- Photographs Mangrovia albida © Annette Fraser-Dunn
- Photographs Mangrovia albida © Stefan Jones
- Mangrovia albida (L.Koch, 1871), GBIF — the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, https://www.gbif.org/species/11693901
- Araneus albidus (L. Koch, 1871) Pale-backed rbweaver, Arachne.org.au, http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1867
- A new genus of Australian orb-weaving spider with extreme sexual size dimorphism (Araneae, Araneidae), Scilit, https://www.scilit.net/article/ba67ddc444e4c3851ba8c22e3e2375d6
- Eastern Mangrove Orb-weaver, Fauna Portal Australia, https://faunaportal.org/projects/fauna-of-australia/species/araneae-spiders/araneidae-orb-weaving-spiders/mangrovia/albida/18/?cHash=8664ccf0775459f9ed7522961ff85c2a
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