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Jacksonoides species?
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Jacksonoides species? (Note: This identification is based on similarities with the Jacksonoides drawings presented
by Davies and Zabka)
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female: about 5 mm
male: about 4.5 mm
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This spider has a tendency to invade the webs of other spiders, eating both the spiders and any insects they may have caught
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A bite by this species may cause local pain and inflammation or even mild illness
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This species is recognised by its unusual eye pattern, the four lateral eyes being relatively large with the posterior pair on raised
parts of the carapace, a deep groove separating them.
Spider(s) with a similar appearance: None.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 28 June 2009.
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