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Hedana species

Fact Box
Species:
Hedana species (RM)
Family:
Thomisidae
Body length:
female: 7 mm
male: 5 mm
Habitat:
On darker surfaces of trees in eucalypt forests
Toxicity:
Unknown; this spider may be too small to be hazardous to humans
Hedana species

The colours found on Hedana species vary from brown to green but, when living, this particular species is almost black.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Immature specimens of the net-casting spider, Deinopis subrufa, Holoplatys planissima and Hemicloea species.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 31 January 2002.