Colaranea verutum (Urquhart, 1887) is a animal in the Araneidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Colaranea verutum (Urquhart, 1887)
Colaranea verutum is a spider from New Zealand with size and colour differences between sexes.
Colaranea verutum (Urquhart, 1887) has a recorded body length of 9.1 mm for females and 5.5 mm for males. This species displays variable body colouration, which generally ranges from green to reddish brown or red, and usually has a pale patch on the anterior lateral surface of its body. Formally, this species is only confirmed to occur on Stewart Island and the South Island of New Zealand, but there are iNaturalist records of it from the North Island.
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Argiope picta L.Koch, 1871
Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879
Isoxya cicatricosa (C.L.Koch, 1844)
Cyrtarachne ixoides (Simon, 1870)
Alpaida truncata (Keyserling, 1865)
Araneus cavaticus (Keyserling, 1881)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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