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Two-spined spider

Poecilopachys australasia

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Araneidae

Poecilopachys australasia, commonly known as the two-spined spider, is an Australian orb-weaving spider which has also been recorded in New Zealand since the early 1970s. The spider is nocturnal, spinning a cart-wheel-shaped web at night which it consumes in the morning. Females can be commonly found on the undersides of citrus tree leaves during the day.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 12