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Moondog55
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Arachnid in the back yard

Sun 27 Dec, 2015 1:03 pm

ID help?
never seen one exactly like this before dark grey and white mainly
Quite pretty

Rescued from Cecile as she hates spiders ad released in the back yard immediately after taking these pictures
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Re: Arachnid in the back yard

Sun 27 Dec, 2015 1:43 pm

Cute. Some sort of Wolf Spider, maybe?
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Re: Arachnid in the back yard

Sun 27 Dec, 2015 4:40 pm

Yes looks like a Wolf Spider check them out here.
http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australia ... sidae.html
Moondog55
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Re: Arachnid in the back yard

Sun 27 Dec, 2015 5:20 pm

Hoggicosa Bicolour male perhaps? Body size in the pix has no scale for comparison but about the same size as a 5c Legs always extra of course
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Re: Arachnid in the back yard

Sun 27 Dec, 2015 6:02 pm

Moondog55 wrote:Hoggicosa bicolour male perhaps? Body size in the pix has no scale for comparison but about the same size as a 5c Legs always extra of course


Can't be. Not found in Victoria.
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Re: Arachnid in the back yard

Sun 27 Dec, 2015 9:55 pm

OK Something similar?
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