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Photos from various angles are sometimes necessary for specific ID.

front (eye arrangement, pedipalp colour)
dorsal (above - general colouration, carapace and abdomen patterns)
ventral (underneath - especially useful for some of the ground-dwelling families and orb-weaving families)
side (further details for general shape, abdomen patterns and eye configuration)
back (further details for abdomen pattern).

Comments or photos on the following also provides valuable information if/when such features are applicable and observed...

surroundings and location (eg. ground, leaf litter, hand rail, tree trunk)
web structure and silk use (eg. orb, messy & tangled, throwing silk)
breeding (eg. display, egg sac)
behaviour (eg. hunting, interaction, familiarity with people such as the threatening display of a huntsman or the friendly and curious jumping spiders that jump onto the camera lens)
notable, unique, exciting or strange observations (eg. spur-like protrusions from legs, camouflage, mimicry)

Please note that the size of the spider is measured by body length.

body size is from the top of the cephalothorax (head) to the tip of the abdomen without including the legs.

(Updated: October, 2022. Please feel free to message a spider moderator if you have any queries or suggestions for improvement)

Resources:

Field guide: A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia authored by Robert Whyte & Greg Anderson

A good introduction: http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/araneae.html

All about Australian spiders: http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2409

Spiders

Huntsman spiders (Sparassidae)

Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae)

Wolf spiders (Lycosidae)

Other hunting spiders

Orb-weaving spiders (several families)

Trapdoor, Funnelweb or Mouse spiders (Mygalomorphae)

Other web-building spiders

Water spiders (Pisauridae)

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Discussion

arjay wrote:

26 Feb 2025

Ditto. Annoying if you then can't easily work out which one didn't actually load.
I really liked this spider.

Sandalodes superbus

NateKingsford wrote:

26 Feb 2025

Yeah, I've had that happen a few times, mainly when I'm uploading a ton of sightings

Sandalodes superbus

arjay wrote:

26 Feb 2025

Now attached. Sometimes the CNM just doesn't work properly. It all looks okay from my end but the photos don't appear at the other. And obviously the photo is the first step in the process so it doesn't actually get missed out. Weird.

Sandalodes superbus

NateKingsford wrote:

26 Feb 2025

Hey @arjay, there doesn't appear to be a photo attached to this sighting, could you please double check this :)

Sandalodes superbus

clarehoneydove wrote:

24 Feb 2025

Eriophora biapicata?

Unidentified Orb-weaving spider (several families)