Cheiracanthium mordaxCommon name: Common Garden Sac Spider
Meaning of name: Unknown.
Distribution: Found across Australia.
Remarks: This spider had a body length of approximately 15 millimetres. It was photographed in March.
References: Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/345e2b50-ccd7-422c-9f3f-988a4e282a68#overview
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=1752
Identification courtesy of David Knowles.
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If you look beneath the web you can see a caterpillar. Is the spider trying to get to the caterpillar?
