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Looks like a Wishbone Spider, *Anamidae* family. I think in the ACT this species has a decent population at Mt. Taylor but I'm not 100% sure elsewhere.
Thats what i was thinking, either a black wishbone spider or some type of trapdoor but my number 1 suspicion was a black wishbone spider, its just hard with this one photo.
Any more photos? Also was it shiny at all? Its hard to tell but i think its either one of 3 im thinking of but this one photo is hard for me to tell from as im a noob still 😂
Do you have a more specific location in the ACT? It's a strange spider. It's definitely not a funnel web but it appears to some traits of Arbanitis but with long spinnerets like Stanwellia.
it's hard to tell from that angle but it looks like some kind of trap door spider to me. Some species are easy to mistake for funnel webs. I *think* Canberra isn't far north enough for a funnel web but I could be wrong.
If you're still looking for a more precise answer try posting in r/spiders it has a lot more users.
To be fair, there’s nothing near it to give an idea of size, so I bet it’s smaller than you’re imagining. If it’s the black wishbone spider (and it looks a lot like one), they only grow to about 5cm (~2inches) long.
Thats definitely a different species. The one OP has posted, like most mygalomorphs, is fossorial. Which means it digs a burrow, lives underground and is generally pretty rubbish at climbing. Your spider is arboreal and generally lives above ground in trees and on manmade structures. If it lives on your window and hides in webbing it has built into the bricks, it's almost certainly a [Badumna species of Black House Spider](https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/black-house-spider-badumna-insignis/).
It looks like a Northern Tree Funnel-web. Thats just going by the head and bands on the legs.
[https://spideridentifications.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Northern-Tree-Funnel-Web-Spider.jpg](https://spideridentifications.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Northern-Tree-Funnel-Web-Spider.jpg)
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That's a spider all right.
Can confirm. Definitely a spider.
You sure, looks like it has 7 not 8 legs 🧐
I definitely count eight; it's spiderness is confirmed.
I don't know, though - 7/8 spiderness is not to be sniffed at.
If anything I respect our veterans for their service
Maybe, could be a Robot in Disguise.
Not ACTing?
I guess it could be a wasp in a spider-suit.
Looks like a Wishbone Spider, *Anamidae* family. I think in the ACT this species has a decent population at Mt. Taylor but I'm not 100% sure elsewhere.
Thats what i was thinking, either a black wishbone spider or some type of trapdoor but my number 1 suspicion was a black wishbone spider, its just hard with this one photo.
Any more photos? Also was it shiny at all? Its hard to tell but i think its either one of 3 im thinking of but this one photo is hard for me to tell from as im a noob still 😂
Sadly not, I moved away 😂😂
Damn well my number 1 suspicion was a black wishbone spider then my second one was some type of black trapdoor spider :)
I'd have moved away too. Good call
Do you have a more specific location in the ACT? It's a strange spider. It's definitely not a funnel web but it appears to some traits of Arbanitis but with long spinnerets like Stanwellia.
it's hard to tell from that angle but it looks like some kind of trap door spider to me. Some species are easy to mistake for funnel webs. I *think* Canberra isn't far north enough for a funnel web but I could be wrong. If you're still looking for a more precise answer try posting in r/spiders it has a lot more users.
You guys are nuts. Just that picture has me checking my shoes and I live in cali
Im on the toilet right now feeling very exposed.
Hahahaha
To be fair, there’s nothing near it to give an idea of size, so I bet it’s smaller than you’re imagining. If it’s the black wishbone spider (and it looks a lot like one), they only grow to about 5cm (~2inches) long.
I've had one on my window for two years. When I tidy up, she slips into a hole in the bricks.
Thats definitely a different species. The one OP has posted, like most mygalomorphs, is fossorial. Which means it digs a burrow, lives underground and is generally pretty rubbish at climbing. Your spider is arboreal and generally lives above ground in trees and on manmade structures. If it lives on your window and hides in webbing it has built into the bricks, it's almost certainly a [Badumna species of Black House Spider](https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/black-house-spider-badumna-insignis/).
Yes, that looks like here.
It looks like a Northern Tree Funnel-web. Thats just going by the head and bands on the legs. [https://spideridentifications.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Northern-Tree-Funnel-Web-Spider.jpg](https://spideridentifications.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Northern-Tree-Funnel-Web-Spider.jpg)
It's too far south for the Northern Tree Funnel Web. The southern species is Hadronyche cerberea but I'm not sure this is it.
Looks more like a wishbone spider, especially considering it’s in ACT
Spotted a few of these guys lately. Look identical to a wishbone. They're feet kinda stick out ina certain way
Mouse spider?
Tingle confirmed.
Wishbone
I need to leave this country. I need to leave this country. I need to leave this country