''Cyrtophora hirta'' is a species of tent spider found in the

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. The southern range of distribution is near

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,Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord. 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 80 though there are New Guinea and Tasmanian records on the Atlas of Living Australia. Ludwig Koch described the species in 1872 from specimens from Bowen, Queensland.Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord. 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 80 The body length of the female is 10 mm, the male 5 mm. Food is small insects. Many spiders and their tent shaped webs may be found in close proximity. The spider retreats into a white mass of web in the centre, often stained by the remains of prey. The egg sac is

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in shape, 10 mm in diameter, coloured greenish-white. Eggs are pale cream in colour, 0.8 mm in diameter, not glutinous and around 50 eggs per egg sac.Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord. 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 80

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hirta Spiders of Australia Spiders described in 1872 {{Araneidae-stub

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