Summary[edit] Description: English: Austracantha minax egg sacs attached to a grass stalk and a flower. Date: 1909. Source: William Joseph Rainbow (1909). "Notes on the architecture, nesting habits, and life histories of Australian Araneidae, based on specimens in the Australian Museum". Records of the Australian Museum 7 (4): 212–234. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.7.1909.963. Author: William Joseph Rainbow.
Today it felt like i hit the jackpot - i spotted this little lady just over our fence. Lucky for me - we get on well with all our neighbours so it was no biggie to go over to get a shot. It's a shame that it is so breezy at the moment - these are the best i could manage.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859), Aranda, ACT, Australia, 18 January 2011. Date: 18 January 2011. Source: Austracantha minax, Austracantha minax, from Encyclopedia of Life. Author: Donald Hobern.
Today it felt like i hit the jackpot - i spotted this little lady just over our fence. Lucky for me - we get on well with all our neighbours so it was no biggie to go over to get a shot. It's a shame that it is so breezy at the moment - these are the best i could manage. They are also known as spiny spiders (gee, i wonder why?) and Christmas spiders.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Austracantha minax (Christmas or Jewel Spider) in Dharawal National Park. Date: 25 February 2011, 22:21:43. Source: Own work. Author: TonyMarkham.
Today it felt like i hit the jackpot - i spotted this little lady just over our fence. Lucky for me - we get on well with all our neighbours so it was no biggie to go over to get a shot. It's a shame that it is so breezy at the moment - these are the best i could manage. Also known as spiny spiders or Christmas spiders.
Summary[edit] Description: English: This is a digital photograph of a spider, Austracantha minax, or Christmas spider, on its web. Photographed, 4th January 2013 at 11.47 AM, on a Nikon D7000 camera with 105mm f/2.8 lens, mounted on a tripod. Cropped from a larger image. Date: 4 January 2013. Source: Photographed in my garden using my Nikon D7000 camera. Author: Tumblingsky.