Feather-footed Spider

Philoponellacongregabilis

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(Zone 10a) | March 2007 | Neutral
This is a tiny little spider, only 4 - 5 mm across, but is quite distinctive with a strange hump on its abdomen.
In Morwell National Park, they live in a series of communal webs on a sheltered cliff face. The web is a complex untidy tangle and 30 or 40 spiders live together in the one web complex.
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(Philobota xiphostola)
Greenfinch
(Chloris chloris)
Featured
(Philobota xiphostola)
Greenfinch
(Chloris chloris)