Poecilopachys australasia
(Two-spined Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Poecilopachys australasia, commonly known as Two-spined Spider, belongs to the genus Poecilopachys, in the family Araneidae. Poecilopachys australasia spiders have been sighted 5 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Poecilopachys australasia includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Poecilopachys australasia is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Poecilopachys
Species: Poecilopachys australasia

Other Common Names

Two-spined Spider

Author

(Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833)

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Sightings Overview

There have been 5 confirmed sightings of Poecilopachys australasia (Two-spined Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on January 11, 2024 by Spider ID member bazza. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 5 sightings because of certain Poecilopachys australasia sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 20% of the time, Poecilopachys australasia spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 5)
Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
Environment: Poecilopachys australasia has been sighted 4 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (1). Low foliage (3).