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Red tent spider

Cyrtophora unicolor

Photo by Olivia Chee
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Spider, about 1cm in length

Habitat:

Bukit Brown, Singapore

Reference Links:

red tent spider (cyrtophora unicolor)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Olivia Chee
Hi kfox, you could be right! The web was tent-like but irregular, with leaves and dried berries stuck to it. I will upload a picture of the messy web it made.
kfox
If it was in a tent like structure, and has an orange abdomen, I am pretty sure this was a red tent spider. Nice picture

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International Spider Survey
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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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The Biodiversity of Singapore
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PublishedApril 7, 2013

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