ThomisidaeRuncinia acuminata Sidymella Sidymella hirsuta Tharrhalea sp Tharrhalea evanida Tharrhalea multopunctata Thomisus spectabilis Tmarus cinerasceus Xysticus bimaculatus Zygometis xanthogaster
The Flower Spider Tharrhalea multopunctata was previously named Diaea multopunctata and Lehtinelagia multopunctata. One of the three species Tharrhalea (Lehtinelagia) evanida, Tharrhalea (Lehtinelagia) multopunctata and Tharrhalea (Lehtinelagia) variabilis they are difficult to tell apart.
Like most Flower Spiders, Tharrhalea evanida, Tharrhalea multopunctata and Tharrhalea variabilist are diurnal and usually found on flowers, especially the flowers of Australian native, including grevilleas and wattles.
Being territorial you will usually only see one spider on a flower, unless they are male and female that are coming together to mate. At night time, the flower spiders hide under the petals or leaves.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Infraorder: Entelegynae
- Superfamily: Thomisoidea
- Family: Thomisidae
- Genus: Tharrhalea
- Species: Tharrhalea multopunctata
Footnote & References
- Tharrhalea multopunctata, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/828590-Tharrhalea-multopunctata
- Photographs Tharrhalea evanida © Stefan Jones
- Many thanks for help with ID from Annette Fraser-Dunn and members of the Australian spider identification page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/australianspidereducation
ThomisidaeRuncinia acuminata Sidymella Sidymella hirsuta Tharrhalea sp Tharrhalea evanida Tharrhalea multopunctata Thomisus spectabilis Tmarus cinerasceus Xysticus bimaculatus Zygometis xanthogaster
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