Possible amaurobiid species

Fact Box Species: Possible amaurobiid species (QM) Family: Amaurobiidae? Body length: female: about 6 mm male: perhaps 5 mm Habitat: This species is usually found wandering in leaf litter in eucalypt forests and apparently does not make use of a web for catching its prey Toxicity: Unknown; contact with humans is probably not a rare event but the fangs are almost certainly too small for a significant envenomation

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The borders between the Families Amaurobiidae, Dictynidae and Desidae are inadequately defined, at least in the Australian context, so the family indicated above may be incorrect.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: A variety of spider species where the body and legs have no distinguishing specialisations.