Small-eyed Net-casting Spider – Avella despiciens, The Knoll National Park.
This is a wonderful example of the web-spinning skill and ingenuity of a spider.
It takes full advantage of its eight legs. The two hind legs support the spider, the rest support the web. There is scant general on-line information about the species.
The net is positioned so that it can trap prey passing beneath it. In all, I have filmed four species of net-casting spider, mostly at night with net at the ready, or at rest in daylight.
The Atlas of Living Australia occurrence records are confined to a few sightings in south-eastern Queensland and in New South Wales.
