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Net Casting Spider

Deinopis subrufa

Net Casting Spider
 

Identification
Full size - palm of hand; leg diameter - pin. Long slender brown abdomen sometimes with V-shaped markings; long brown legs (first and second often held as one); very large pair of front eyes.

Habitat
Cool dark areas - garden, shrubs, low trees. Found among dead twigs and tangles of branches. Most prevalent summer. Australia-wide.

Web
Messy, tangle.

Bite
No bites recorded.

 

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