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A male spider about 5 mm body length. Note swollen palps.<br /> | A male spider about 5 mm body length. Note swollen palps.<br /> | ||
[[File:Colaranea viriditas Green orbweb 17-03-2015 2-25-08 p.m..JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
Another colour variation. Photographed at Waihi.<br /> | Another colour variation. Photographed at Waihi.<br /> | ||
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A brown sided female<br /> | A brown sided female<br /> | ||
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[[File:Colaranea viriditas Green Orb Web spider-001.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | |||
A female.identified by her non-swollen palps.[ | A female.identified by her non-swollen palps.[[File:Green Orbweb spider Colaranea viriditas-21.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Another female [ | Another female [[File:Green Orbweb spider Colaranea viriditas.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | ||
Latest revision as of 15:35, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida ( Spiders, scorpions, ticks )
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Colaranea
Species: Colaranea viriditas (viridatis in Latin means green)
Common name: Green Orbweb spider
Colaranea viriditas the native green orbweb spider of variable colours and abdominal patterns. It has eight eyes arranged in two horizontal rows of four eyes each the females are about 7mm body length. Found on the edges of bush areas. Common in New Zealand gardens. When they are disturbed they will drop to the ground and curl their legs up making then are to be seen by predators. (see photos below)
The males are much smaller than the females and commonly lack the showy colouring of their fairer sex. They often spin their own smaller orb web near an outlying portion of the female's, and males give the females wide berth. It is rare see male orb weavers, they are so reclusive.
A male spider about 5 mm body length. Note swollen palps.
Another colour variation. Photographed at Waihi.
A brown sided female
A female.identified by her non-swollen palps.
Another female 
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
