Image: Tent Web Spider, Cyrtophora sp.

Tent Web Spider, Cyrtophora sp.

Tent Web Spider (Cyrtophora sp).

Photographer:
R. Mascord
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
Tent Web Spider
Scientific name:
Cyrtophora sp.

Additional information

Web2spider Identification Guide. Web type: 26 - sheet web.

  • In northern Australia, Tent Web spiders may live in colonies on individual webs suspended on communal lines.
  • Southern species may be colonial when young, but adults are usually solitary.
  • The spider lives in a dense tangle of lines above the sheet, often with vegetation or a dead leaf forming a retreat.

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