Clubiona species

Fact Box Species: Clubiona species (QM) (This may actually be the same species as Clubiona robusta but the near-mature female shown here is much smaller than for A. robusta) Family: Clubionidae Body length: female: about 7 mm male: about 6 mm Habitat: In a silken tube open at both ends and built in depressions on eucalypt trunks Toxicity: Uncertain; may cause mild illness in humans

View from above Underneath female

Useful identifying features of this spider are the large chelicerae (forwards pointing in males) and the fact that the chelicerae and carapace are dark at the front but the latter becomes progressively lighter towards the abdomen.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Clubiona robusta, Cheiracanthium species and Ariadna species.