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Comments & ID Thoughts
about 1.5 inches in diameter when legs are extended. .5 inches in diameter when legs are retracted.
Inside of legs are a plastic looking red
there are small red barbs on the leg
the abdomen of the spider is velvet looking
the fangs are 3mm long
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Nov 17, 2023
- Photographed: Nov 18, 2023
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Kurri Kurri, Australia
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
I am sure this is an orb weaver. what you mistake for fangs are called pedipalps.
Fangs are a lot smaller and foldedunder the mouth parts.
You might look to Australian museum for your spider ID.
Spiders – The Australian Museum
I know it wasn’t the pedipalps that I saw, because I was blowing on the spider to get it to open up (It was nestled up and curled up) and I wanted to see the inside, and the spider was disgruntled and showed the fangs (which looked about 3mm long, it was hard to tell, it only showed them for a second.) I can share a few more pics of different angles of the spider?
I agree with Dan that it is an orb weaver. There is a chance it is a male Australian garden orb weaver – Hortophora transmarina (used to be called Eriophora transmarina.) https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/3394337