Hi, Spotted a spider on some some prostrate veg under bracken fern having a bright lime green colour. He/she was robust in size and shape like many in Salticidae, not a very fast mover, the stripe on his back was not longwise but across. It was wide, cream in colour with a touch of tea green perha…

Hi Laurie. Heads up that the forum is for discussing iNat (e.g., bug reports, feature requests, tutorials), whereas iNat itself ( www.inaturalist.org ) is for identifying organisms you see. The best practice here would be one of two things: Post an observation with no photo attached, and with your …

Is there a photo of the spider??

Is it not appropriate to ask for help with identifying something you weren’t able to get a photo of? I thought that would be something fair to make post about on here.

From my interpretation of the forum guidelines, no

Thanks. Cross linked the observation here The filter location was initially tagged Australia, and clicked it to bring up the option of Australia’s SE Coastal Wilderness, AU. Didn’t realise it could be narrowed further by clearing the box entirely and providing the shire name: Bega Valley, NS, AU. …

Great, thanks for that. I’ll close the thread here to focus on the observation itself. I’ve commented on the observation for you

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Did you use iNat to check how many species of spiders (or that type of spider) are found in your general location?

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