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Supunna species
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Supunna species (QM ) (not fully classified yet)
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female: 10 mm
male: unknown, perhaps 8 mm
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In leaf litter but difficult to catch because it hides so quickly
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Unknown but may be mildly toxic to humans
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This species is quite common in leaf litter in the Toowoomba region but is not often noticed because it is a very fast moving spider and quickly hides itself when disturbed. Not much is known of its natural history, but this spider belongs to the ant-mimic forms of the Family Corinnidae.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Some smaller wolf spiders and especially Supunna picta, and members of the Family Lamponidae such as Lampona murina.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 22 October 2003.
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