Comb-footed platform spider

Fact Box Species: Achaearanea mundula or a very similar species (this identification is based on an image shown on the Australian Museum website) Previous species name: None Family: Theridiidae Body length: female: 7 mm male: about 3 mm Habitat: In a curled leaf retreat in green vegetation or in a dry leaf suspended in a tangled web Toxicity: Even the female may be too small to cause more than mild illness in humans but it should still be handled with caution

Another view From above Oblique view With egg sac Another view From above Oblique view The male

In many respects this spider resembles a redback spider but has a less distinct dorsal stripe as well as faint mottling on the sides of the abdomen.

This species makes a retreat from a partly curled leaf or from pieces of leaf debris. This is supported by a network of threads and below it is a close-mesh, horizontal sheet web.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Latrodectus hasseltii.