Dome Web Spider (species: Cyrtophora moluccensis) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Cyrtophora moluccensis
Dome Web Spider


©Anne Hoggett: Spider with egg case in large horizontal web at Lizard Island, Feb 2014. Thanks to Graham Winterflood for the identification through iNaturalist.

©Anne Hoggett: Side view of spider with egg case in large horizontal web at Lizard Island, Feb 2014.

©Anne Hoggett: Much smaller, second spider in large horizontal web at Lizard Island, Feb 2014.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida
Order Araneae
Family Araneidae
Genus Cyrtophora
Species Cyrtophora moluccensis

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Distinguishing features

An orb-weaver spider that builds a web that is oriented horizontally or at a small angle to the ground (rather than vertically as by Argirope species). Discussion on iNaturalist indicates that the web of this species is a more complex dome shape rather than the simple orb spun by Argirope.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


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