Image: Scorpion-tailed Spider, Arachnura higginsi

Scorpion-tailed Spider, Arachnura higginsi

Scorpion-tailed Spider, Arachnura higginsi.

Photographer:
Mike Gray
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
Scorpion-tailed Spider
Scientific name:
Arachnura higginsi

Additional information

Web2spider Identification Guide. Web type 12 - orb web.

  • Large juvenile females may be red or yellow, but as they mature they become fawn coloured to match the debris in the web.
  • Egg sacs are later added across the missing sector of the web.
  • Several webs are often found in the same area.

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1 comment

Rob Portelli - 11.02 AM, 12 February 2010
Hi, We have a spider like this in Busselton WA and my friends in Albany WA also have a colony of them. I've lived in WA for a lot of my life and have never seen them until just recently. Are they that common over here or have they just transported well?

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