The White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) is found across Australia.
They are a black spider with white stripes on the head and lines of white to cream spots on the body. The leg span is up to 3 cm and found in rainforest, open forest and grassland. Although rarely found in houses, the spider pictured here was relocated from within the house into the garden.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Infraorder: Entelegynae
- Superfamily: Corinnoidea
- Family: Corinnidae
- Genus: Nyssus
- Species: Nyssus albopunctatus
Footnote & References
- White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/858181-Nyssus-albopunctatus
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