Like all Uloboridae, this species has no venom. They are common in Brisbane gardens but often unnoticed due to their small size. Various specimens are shown here, from different locations. The are all 2-4mm body length. Adult males and females, both with body length about 3-4mm, can sometimes cohabit the same web, as did the last two in these pictures. It is uncertain at this stage which genera these small Uloborids belong to without examining specimens under the microscope and comparing them with diagnostic drawings in published scientific papers. Some may be Uloborus species, such as Uloborus congregabilis.
- Spider in web
- Whitish, buff specimen from above
- Whitish, buff specimen underneath, side on
- Whitish orange, slender, side on
- Orange, fat abdomen, upside down, from creekbank
- Black and white colour variation from eaves of house
- Orange and white male from foliage
- Orange and white male from foliage
- Grey specimen from under the house
- Dark orange abdomen
- Dark orange specimen body length 3mm
- Pale specimen with prominet lengthways stripe
- Gigantic orange female with black sides
- Adult male shacked up with female
- Female, cohabiting with boyfriend
- Female, body length 3.5mm, with egg sac
Spider in web
Whitish, buff specimen from above
Whitish, buff specimen underneath, side on
These spiders are more often likely to hang upside down.
Whitish orange, slender, side on
This is the classic "hiding" pose with the legs folded in front, to resemble a twig and protect the cephalothorax. This spider adopts this pose when threatened.
Orange, fat abdomen, upside down, from creekbank
Showing white stripe running lengthways down the dorsal surface of the abdomen.
Black and white colour variation from eaves of house
Orange and white male from foliage
Orange and white male from foliage
Grey specimen from under the house
Dark orange abdomen
Dark orange specimen body length 3mm
Pale specimen with prominet lengthways stripe
Gigantic orange female with black sides
Gigantic for a Uloborid of this type means 5mm or more. this one was about 6mm long, snout to rear.
Adult male shacked up with female
This male and the following female were both around 3.4mm in body length, cohabiting a messy web on the underside of a leaf at about 1.5m above the ground on the northern side of the junction of Fish and Enoggera Creeks, Walton Bridge Reserve, The Gap. Collected Wednesday Aug 26 2009.
Female, cohabiting with boyfriend
Female, body length 3.5mm, with egg sac
