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Spider ID
Posted: Sun 05 Jun, 2022 1:52 pm
by Eremophila
Wolf spider ?
Under my tent in the back yard when I packed up this morning..
Re: Spider ID
Posted: Sun 05 Jun, 2022 2:57 pm
by johnw
Wolf spider was my first thought looking at the photo. They have a fair bit of variation in colour etc.
Because of that I struggled to positively identify one that lived in a burrow in my garden for ages.
Museums Victoria has a good range of shots to ID from which suggest it is one:
https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/species/8811
Re: Spider ID
Posted: Sun 05 Jun, 2022 3:29 pm
by north-north-west
Patterning on the back defnitely says wolf.
Re: Spider ID
Posted: Sun 05 Jun, 2022 6:57 pm
by GregG
Eremophila wrote:Wolf spider ?
Under my tent in the back yard when I packed up this morning..
Yes, looks like a Wolf Spider judging by the pattern on 5he thorax. Here is a pic of one at my place in the Lower Blue Mountains.
Might have been more exciting had you found it INSIDE the tent
Re: Spider ID
Posted: Sun 05 Jun, 2022 7:26 pm
by Eremophila
GregG wrote:Might have been more exciting had you found it INSIDE the tent
Thankfully not!
It can't have been far away when I pulled out the tent peg on that corner though.
thanks guys.