Episinus is a rich spider genus species, occurring worlwide, with many species. Episinus bicornis (Thorell, 1881) is known from Queensland. This may be what we call the 'Common' Episinus that we see frequently. The 2004 Brisbane Terrestrial Invertebrate Review (QM, & BCC) recorded another species not E. bicornis (undescribed) and there may be more.
- Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 from side
- Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 from above, facing down
- Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 from behiond, closeup
- Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 showing underneath
- Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 male, facing
- Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 male, side On
- Juvenile male, or another species?
- Juvenile male 2, or another species?
- Female, possibly pregnant, from above
- Female, possibly pregnant, from side
- Female, brown, triangular
- Another subadult male, face on
- Green Ant-mimicking Episinus female from above
- Green ant mimicking Episinus female from side
- Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 male, Chapel Hill
Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 from side
This Theridiid body length about 6mm seems to resemble the Episinus in Ramon Mascord's Australian Spiders 1980 Plate 20 p. 59.
Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 from above, facing down
Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 from behiond, closeup
Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 showing underneath
Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 male, facing
A fairly well developed but probably not yet fully adult male.
Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 male, side On
Juvenile male, or another species?
Quite a variation here for this sub-adult male collected on the creek near SOWN shed Latitude: 27.451319šS Longitude: 152.950831šE Altitude:36 ft.
Juvenile male 2, or another species?
A small Theridiid, body length 3mm, collected 6 August 2009 in a patch of good quality remant dry rainforest known as "The Island" on the northern side of the junction of Fish and Enoggera Creeks, Walton Bridge Reserve, The Gap. Thanks to Greg Anderson for confirming ID.
Female, possibly pregnant, from above
Female, possibly pregnant, from side
Female, brown, triangular
Probably the same species.
Another subadult male, face on
Green Ant-mimicking Episinus female from above
Theridiidae > Episinus? collected 8 June 2009, the spider wandering on bark on a weedy hillside of mostly acacia and eucalypt, some clerodendrum, UBD map 178 C2-C3. Dark female with black and white banded legs. Leg III shorter. Body looked pitted and somewhat iridescent like that of a green ant, body length about 3mm, triangular abdomen with two lateral knobs.
Green ant mimicking Episinus female from side
Episinus Mascord 1980 p. 59 male, Chapel Hill
