Cyrtophora hirta
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| Cyrtophora hirta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtophora |
| Species: | C. hirta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtophora hirta L.Koch 1872 | |
Cyrtophora hirta is a species of tent spider found in Australia. The southern range of distribution is near Sydney,[1] though there are New Guinea and Tasmanian records on the Atlas of Living Australia.[2] Ludwig Koch described the species in 1872 from specimens from Bowen, Queensland.[1]
The body length of the female is 10 mm, the male 5 mm. Food is small insects. Many spiders and their tent shaped webs may be found in close proximity. The spider retreats into a white mass of web in the centre, often stained by the remains of prey. The egg sac is plano-convex in shape, 10 mm in diameter, coloured greenish-white. Eggs are pale cream in colour, 0.8 mm in diameter, not glutinous and around 50 eggs per egg sac.[1][3][4]
