Riddells Creek - Arachnids (Spiders, Scorpions, Mites, Ticks)
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New Spiders Added June/July 2007

	Common Name	Scientific Name (Family)
1	Tear-drop Spider	Argiope protensa (female) (Araneidae)
	Black House Spider	Badumna insignis (Desidae)
	Ground Spider	Unknown (Gnaphosidae)
	White-tailed Spider	Lampona cylindrata (Lamponidae)
5	Garden Wolf	Lycosa godeffroyi or Lycosa gilberta (Lycosidae)
	Wolf Spider	Lycosa species - probably juvenile (Lycosidae)
	Wolf Spider	Venatrix species - possibly Venatrix pseudospeciosa (Lycosidae)
	Wolf or Wolf-like Spider	Unknown (Lycosidae or Zoridae maybe)
	Pirate Spider	Australomimetus species - male (Mimetidae)
10	*Wall Spider	Oecobius navus - syn O. annulipes (Oecobiidae)
	*Daddy Long Legs	Pholcus phalangioides (Pholcidae)
	Australian Jumping Spider	Breda jovialis (Salticidae)
	Huntsman	Isopeda montana (Sparassidae)
	Badge Huntsman (or Shield Huntsman)	Neosparassus diana (Sparassidae)
15	Badge Huntsman	Neosparassus patellatus (Sparassidae)
	Juvenile Huntsman	Unknown (Sparassidae)
	Garden Orb-web Spider (or Garden Orb-weaver)	Eriophora pustulosa - possibly juvenile (Tetragnathidae)
	Red-back Spider	Latrodectus hasselti (Theridiidae)
	Tangle-web Weaver	Unknown (Theridiidae)
20	Flower Spider	Diaea species (Thomisidae)
	Flower Spider	Diaea species (Thomisidae)
	Flower Spider	Runcinia elongata (Thomisidae)
23	Feather-footed Spider	Philoponella congregabilis (Uloboridae)
	Black Rock Scorpion	Urodacus manicatus (Urodacidae)
	Spider Mite (maybe)	Unknown (Trombidiidae ??)
26	Red Mite	Unknown (Trombidiidae ??)

* Probably not indigenous to Australia before European settlement.

This page covers the Class: Arachnida which includes spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites. These are not
insects (Class: Insecta) although they are related at a more basic level (ie. they are in the same
Phylum: Arthropoda). Arachnids have four pairs of legs, whereas insects have three pairs of legs.
Arachnids have two main body parts, whereas insects have three. Insects have one pair of antennae
and many have wings, whereas arachnids have no antennae and are wingless. There are approximately
2,900 species of spiders in Australia!

First Aid for Spider bites.
First Aid for Scorpion sting.

More information on Australian Spiders.

Good book about spiders and scorpions:
"Spiders and Scorpions commonly found in Victoria" by Ken Walker, Alan Yen & Graham Milledge.
Other good book about spiders:
"Spider Watch: a guide to Australian spiders" by Bert Brunet.

More about Insects & other Invertebrate classes.

We'd like to acknowledge David Hirst and Wendy Moore for their help in
identifying the arachnids on this page.

If you've seen a spider in Riddells Creek that isn't on this list please let us know ...
... we'd love to add it to our list.

All photos are taken in Riddells Creek. If you have photos taken in Riddells Creek
and would like to submit them, send them to Russell & Gill Best.

All photos ©Riddells Creek Landcare or Photographer.

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