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Thwaitesia nigronodosa

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Species:
Thwaitesia nigronodosa
(Identification by Greg Anderson)
(Note: This page has images of a number of Thwaitesia specimens with variable markings and colours and these may not all be the same species)
Family:
Theridiidae
Body length:
female: about 4 mm
male: about 3 mm
Habitat:
In a small tangled web in eucalypt forests or where its colours provide camouflage
Toxicity:
This timid and non-aggressive spider is probably too small to cause illness in humans
Thwaitsia nigronodosa
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Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Thwaitesia argentiopunctata, Theridion species and Theridion pyramidale.


Email Ron Atkinson for more information.    Last updated 6 July 2009.