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Field Notes

Description:

This spider looks very much like other two I spotted some weeks ago, but it has much smaller "spikes": http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/14334011 . I suspect it is a species of star bellied orb weaver (Acanthepeira sp.), but I can't find a exact match.

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Comments (4)
C.Sydes
looks like it's imitating a hermit crab !

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International Spider Survey
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Spiders from Parana, Brazil / Aranhas do Parana
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PublishedNovember 19, 2012

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