Cyrtophora hirta

Cyrtophora hirta is a species of tent spider found in the 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]

Cyrtophora hirta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

See also

References
  1. Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord. 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 80
  2. "Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  3. Ron Atkinson. "Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872". FindaSpider.org.au. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  4. Robert Whyte. "Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872 Russian Tent Spider". Arachne.org.au. Retrieved February 7, 2020.


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