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The long-legged Cryptachaea gigantipes<br />
 
The long-legged Cryptachaea gigantipes<br />
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The body colour patterns are variable.<br />
 
The body colour patterns are variable.<br />
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A female with her spiderlings.<br />
 
A female with her spiderlings.<br />
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The spider's underside<br />
 
The spider's underside<br />
 
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
 
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

Latest revision as of 12:13, 24 September 2019

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Cryptachaea
Species: C. gigantipes
Binomial name: Cryptachaea gigantipes
Synonym: Theridion gigantipes
Common name: Porch spider, White porch spider

Cryptachaea gigantipes is a small cobweb spider found in Eastern Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand where it is an adventive species. 
It is a common spider in New Zealand and can be found in corners of walls and windows. It has a body length of about 6mm. The male has a thinner body than the female in the photos. When in sitting in its web it raises its two forelegs over its body.

The long-legged Cryptachaea gigantipes
1-Cryptachaea gigantipes-001.JPG

1-White Porch spider Cryptachaea gigantipes-010.JPG

Cryptachaea gigantipes White porch spider-004.JPG

The body colour patterns are variable.
Cryptachaea gigantipes White porch spider.JPG

Porch spider Cryptachaea gigantipes.JPG

Cryptachaea gigantipes White porch spider-002.JPG

Cobweb Spider Cryptachaea gigantipes -003.JPG

A female with her spiderlings.
White porch spider Cryptachaea gigantipes-006.JPG   

White porch spider Cryptachaea gigantipes-003.JPG 

White porch spider Cryptachaea gigantipes.JPG


The spider's underside
1-White Porch spider Cryptachaea gigantipes-004.JPG 

Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/