Tailed Forest Spider - Arachnura feredayi (female)
We had stopped for a lunch break on a day hike and I was looking for critters in the undergrowth. I almost blundered through this lovely spider's web. Our hiking guide, extremely knowledgeable about local natural history, was impressed by this find.
Happy Arachtober 1st!
References
- Radio New Zealand--Critter of the week (podcast)
www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/201882...
- World Spider Catalog wsc.nmbe.ch/species/2618
Tags: Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Araneomorphae Entelegynae Araneidae Arachnura Arachnura feredayi New Zealand Te Urewera Whirinaki iNaturalist Arachtober Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
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A Mangora, I think, in the garden. Arachtober finally!
Tags: macro orbweaver spider
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Well... It looks like a Common Candy-striped spider, but seems to lack the dark terminal ring on the first tibia, So it may be some other Comb-footed Spider like Enoplognatha latimana - redimita form.
But it seems from the little bit of research I've done, the redimita form Enoplognatha ovata lack that dark terminal ring... All very confusing.
Loxley wood
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