Workbook

List of Hadronyche sp. spiders collected or photographed to date

• #1 - #4 May 22, 2020 - in 100% alcohol

• #5 June 3, 2021 - in 100% alcohol

• #6 June 14, 2020 - in 100% alcohol

• #7 June 17, 2018 - dried

• #8 June 17, 2018 - not collected but photographed

• #9-11 June 9, 2021 - 3 males collected in pitfall trap on rainy night (8°C ambient temperature) at 19:00 (#9) and 20:45 (#10, 11).

spider #1 22/5/20

one of 4 spiders found wandering in the grass and climbing up the wall of the house within a few square metres of one another. It was 11:24pm, raining steadily, and the ambient temperature was 11°C.

Whole spider photographed live on night of collection and after 2 days (images ) and after freezing several days later (images)

chelicerae

pedipalps

labium

sternum

tarsal claws

eyes

legs

carapace

spiracles

spider #2 22/5/20

one of 4 spiders found wandering in the grass and climbing up the wall of the house within a few square metres of one another. It was 11:24pm, raining steadily, and the ambient temperature was 11°C. Photographs below of live spider taken on night of capture and two days later.

photographs taken of killed spider two days later

photographs taken of preserved spider on 4 July 2021

spider #3 22/5/20

one of 4 spiders found wandering in the grass and climbing up the wall of the house within a few square metres of one another. It was 11:24pm, raining steadily, and the ambient temperature was 11°C. Soon after collection this spider was placed in the freezer for 2 hours and examined and photographed over the following 2 days.

Whole spider photographed on night of collection (images 1-4) and after freezing next day (image 5-6)

All of the following images are of the killed spider.

dorsal and ventral views of whole spider or large body parts

chelicerae

pedipalps

sternum

tarsal claws

eyes

spider #4 22/5/20

one of 4 spiders found wandering in the grass and climbing up the wall of the house within a few square metres of one another. It was 11:24pm, raining steadily, and the ambient temperature was 11°C.

Whole spider photographed live on night of collection and after 2 days (first gallery) and after storage in alcohol on 5 July 2021(second gallery).

spider #5 3/6/21

Found ~1.5m up northern wall of house at 7:20pm 3/6/21. Raining, 11 degrees. Collected, imaged, then housed for 24 hours in a petri dish with moistened paper. Imaged fully, live, ~9pm 4/6/21, then into freezer, then 100% ethanol. (note that there were also large numbers of hepialids in flight).

photographed on 5 June with micrometer scale bar.

spider #6 14/6/20

found in preserved, refrigerated spider collection. this was labelled #5 from 22/5/20 collection, but we had only recorded 4 spiders from that date, so this one was collected after that date. I found a Hadronyche sp. in the catalogue from 14/6/20, which matches this animal. We have relabelled it #6.

We photographed the same spider on 17/6/20 at 9:35am. We presumably put him into our tank in soil. We found him enclosed in a silk chamber in the soil.

I have photographed the whole spider and left leg 1, which was accidentally broken off when handling the animal. I have recorded spine numbers on segments of this leg in “Morphological data Hadronyche sp.” spreadsheet.

spider #7 17/6/18

two Hadronyche sp. (#7, #8) were found on a rainy night together with 3 Hadroynche nimoola and two Arbanitis spp. - all crawling up the house walls or on the ground nearby.

Only one of these - #7- was kept. It was photographed and then frozen, pinned and dried.

The dried spider was photographed again on 6/7/21 for measurement of body parts

spider #8 17/6/18

this spider was seen and photographed at the same time as spider #7 but was not collected

spider #9 9/6/21

one of 3 spiders caught in a pitfall trap on rainy night, ambient temp. 8°C.

live photos taken on 10/6/21

killed on 10/6/21 and placed in alcohol on 11/6/21. Photographed on 7/7/21.

spider #10 9/6/21

one of 3 spiders caught in a pitfall trap on rainy night, ambient temp. 8°C.

live photos taken on 10/6/21

killed on 10/6/21 and placed in alcohol on 11/6/21

spider #11 9/6/21

one of 3 spiders caught in a pitfall trap on rainy night, ambient temp. 8°C.

live photos taken on 10/6/21

killed on 10/6/21 and placed in alcohol on 11/6/21

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