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Spider Identification Tool - Is the spider in a particular web or burrow, or hiding or running free

Often web type and location give you a clue to  broad identity, but ones found hiding or wandering around in the evening may still be web types that hide in the day or males looking for a mate (that's life!). Click on blue hyperlinks below for relevant spider images and information.
​1 SPIDERS HIDING OR HUNTING IN FOLIAGE DURING THE DAY
  • Orb web spiders that build webs at night, eat them each morning and hide during the day in a retreat: Eriophera  and Araneus sp. (Garden orb weavers), Backobourkia sp (Desert orb weavers); Dolophones (Wrap-around spiders).
  • Crab and Lynx spiders
  • Bird dropping spider
  • Jumping spiders​​​
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​2 SPIDERS IN A BURROW

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3 SPIDERS WANDERING AROUND OR HIDING ON OR UNDER THE TRUNK, BARK OR STONES  (may be in dense round or sac-like resting webs)
  • Trapdoor spider males or Red and Black spider males looking for a mate at night
  • Wolf spiders and spiders with a similar shape
  • Huntsman spiders and spiders with a similar shape
  • White-tail spiders and spiders with a similar shape
  • Jumping spiders.​
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4 ORB WEBS: mainly vertical webs that spiral outward on thin  strands like spokes on a wheel.
These include:​
  • Spiders that remain on the web during the day: Nephila edulis (Golden orb weaver) ; Genus    Austricantha (Christmas Spider); Plebs. (Garden or bush orb weavers); Cyclosa . (Garbage line spiders); Argiope (St Andrews Cross and Teardrop spiders); Phonognantha . (Leaf-curling Spider).
  •  Spiders that build webs at night, eat them each morning and hide during the day in a retreat: Eriophera  and Araneus sp. (Garden orb weavers), Backobourkia sp (Desert Orb Weavers); Dolophones (Wrap-around Spiders)

5 TANGLE WEB SPIDERS :Sticky messy webs containing a spider in corners, shelves, pots etc at home or under logs, rocks or debris in the bush.
Spider types include
  • Daddy longlegs - mostly introduced species around the house.
  • Comb-footed/Cobweb spiders (family Theridiidae)  that are generally small with a bulbous abdomen like the Redback Spider.
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6 TENT WEB SPIDERS:  tangled web above a horizontal tent-like base
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7 SHEET WEBS AND WEBS WITH A CONICAL RETREAT : This category has a mixed bag of spiders
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Horizontal sheet web conical retreat
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Miturga false wolf spider resting web near the ground in a rush. Entrance not conical.
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Black house spider ,messy web with a conical retreat
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Small flat web: Wall spider
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Social bebbing spider, conical retreat and a triangular messy web
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Social webbing spider community web
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