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Orb-weaving spider

Cyrtarachne inaequalis

Photo by Les Catchick
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Field Notes

Description:

I assume some sort of bug though when I first saw it I thought it was a spider.
It is a spider it seems.

Habitat:

An open area close to a swampy woodland.

Species ID Suggestions

Orb-weaving or Bird-dropping Spider

Cyrtarachne inaequalis

Reference Link
pamsai
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Comments (12)
Les Catchick
It was actually a slight distraction from the huge excitement of seeing several spindasis butterflies roosting in the area. They were thehighligt of the day by far.
pamsai
Also there is... International Spider Survey http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/6... Joining missions can help with the ID's as people (or specialists) interested in specific categories often look through the various missions and can ID things they see there. Alternatively, you can look through yourself and see if you can see something similar. Check out the Missions tab at the top of the page...
Les Catchick
I will try that. I have not got into any of that type of thing before and did nt even know it existed.
pamsai
Les, you might like to add your photos to the mission Biodiversity of the Western Ghats... http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/10573372
Les Catchick
Wonderful. That looks just like it. I had not expected a specific ID and certainly not so quickly!
pamsai
Nice one Les. Here's mine and the ID I was given... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1922846002 Also this one on Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrtarachne
Les Catchick
I see why Machi thinks it has similarities to the spider uploaded by Dominik. It does look a bit like the face of a larger insect with the eyes showing.
Machi
Definitely a spider. It probably just has its other legs folded underneath its body. It looks similar in shape to this one: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/24643275 though I don't think it is the same species.
Les Catchick
The legs did not look very spider-like to me but I have little knowledge of such creatures.
Mark Ridgway
Sure looks like a spider to me. A really interesting one though. Some araneid maybe.?

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Biodiversity of Western Ghats (India)

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PublishedJanuary 5, 2016

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