Backyard Spiders. Budgewoi to Bateau Bay.

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Dr. Ron Atkinson's. Find A Spider Guide. Robert Whyte and Dr. Greg Anderson's Arachne.org. The Chew Brothers' Brisbane Insects.  

Ed Nieuwenhueys. Spiders of Australia. as well as Project Noah.

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It may be N. salacius or N. picta or it may not. Probably a leg span of about 30mm this little spider is hunting moths among low shrubbery and grasses alongside a replanted native garden near Bateau Bay. This is the only example spotted. May 2013

 

Shield Huntsman Spider. Neosparassus species.