Cyrtophora hirta is a species of tent spider found in the Australia. The southern range of distribution is near Sydney,[1] though there are New Guinea and Tasmanian records on the Atlas of Living Australia.[2] Ludwig Koch described the species in 1872 from specimens from Bowen, Queensland.[1]

Cyrtophora hirta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Cyrtophora
Species:
C. hirta
Binomial name
Cyrtophora hirta
L.Koch 1872

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 plano-convex 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.[1][3][4]

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord. 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 80
  2. ^ "Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  3. ^ Ron Atkinson. "Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872". FindaSpider.org.au. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Robert Whyte. "Cyrtophora hirta L. Koch, 1872 Russian Tent Spider". Arachne.org.au. Retrieved February 7, 2020.