#arkys lancearius

[inatarachnids]

Common Triangular Spider (Arkys lancearius)

Observed by profmollusc, CC BY-NC

[inatarachnids]

Common Triangular Spider (Arkys lancearius)

Observed by kirranikko, CC BY-NC

[starbrighte]

Triangular Spider - Arkys lancearius

[chissa-chan]

sooo i'm guessing paras was inspired by this little weirdo

[libutron]

Triangular Spider - Arkys lancearius

Known as Triangular Spider for obvious reasons, Arkys lancearius (Araneidae) is a beautiful ambush-hunting spider found throughout Australia including Tasmania. 

These spiders are quite small, females reach up to 8mm, and males 5mm. The species is identifiable by the two large, yellow, roughly circular blobs in the anterior third of the upper surface of the abdomen, which has a series of white blobs within black blobs, like a very coarse dotted line, all around the outside margin. The body is reddish orange to brown. 

On this spider the first two pairs of legs are strong and are curved forward like those of crab and salticid spiders.

References: [1] - [2]

Photo credit: ©Robert Whyte | Locality: Obo Obi, Queensland, Australia, 2012

[astronomy-to-zoology]

Triangular Spider

(Arkys lancearius)

Arkys lancearius is a species of spider of the family Araneidae (orb weaving spiders) and they are actually a fairly common spider in Australia. they are an ambush hunter resting on leaves and using their two sets of large legs to grab potential prey. They are a fairly small species with females growing up to 8mm long (males at 5mm) there are also several color morphs ranging from yellow, orange and red but all morphs have markings that look like jewels on their abdomen. As you might of guessed they get the name triangular due to their three sided abdomen, it looks more like a heart to me though.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Arthopoda-Arachnida-Araneae-Araneomorphae-Araneidae-Arkys-lancearius

Image 1 Source, Image 2 Source