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Variable Decoy Spider

Cyclosa insulana

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14.16, 121.23

Field Notes

Description:

A beautifully-designed spider web produced by the Variable Decoy Spider (Cyclosa insulana O.G. Costa 1834; Araneidae)

Habitat:

Makiling Botanic Gardens, a forest park of the Mt. Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (adjacent or within the UPLB-College of Forestry and Natural Resources), University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna.

Notes:

Reference: https://www.flickr.com/photos/9244859@N06/9587186469

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Cyclosa insulana (Costa, 1834)

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International Spider Survey
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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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Philippine Wildlife
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedApril 6, 2014

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