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Possible Cycloctenus species
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Possible Cycloctenus species (QM) such as Cycloctenus robustus
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female: 9 mm
male: uncertain (perhaps 5 mm or less)
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Found wandering on tree trunks and in leaf litter in eucalypt forests; no web or retreat known
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Unknown; fangs probably too small for a human envenomation; contact with humans is probably a very rare event but treat with caution
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Distinguishing features of this spider are the overall body and leg shapes, the pairs of strong spines on the undersides of legs I and II and the pattern
of 8 eyes surrounded by a dark background.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: A number of species with a generalised body shape.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 17 June 2010.