Arbanitis sp.
Rhino1

Arbanitis sp.

Tube spider species.
@RezonantVoid this species builds quite long tubes at tree bases, around 200-300mm high.
This is my largest Arbanitis now, her cephalothorax abdomen length is just on 40mm.
 
That banding is spectacular!
Out of curiosity, does she have a stronger yellow coloured shine than others you've seen? All the specifically tube building ones I've found so far have a much more yellow colour or brighter shine than other general ones, and I'm working on a theory that it could be a reliable way to isolate the tube builders from the ground diggers.
As for the ID, without a list of species locales available to the public, I can do little more than say that the lack of dense hair on legs 3 and 4 means it's not the same species as my tube web. If such a list is around and Ive missed it, definitely let me know as Ive been dying for to ID most of mine as well
 
Yeah it's the only yellow species I've seen here and I love that banding, it's real chilled out and fairly calm. I will post a tube pic too.
 
@Rhino1 that'd be great.

The tube ones I've seen have a stronger yellow than even my other golden digging ones as well, let alone darker species. here's a quick comparison before I hit a no service zone,

sp. Tambourine, general level of gold shine.


My tube one under the same flashlight.
 

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