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Field Notes

Notes:

All I can say about this species is that if she had not moved, I would have never seen her! About 12cm, found in the trunk of a tree.

Species ID Suggestions

Tree Trunk Spider

Hersiliidae

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Comments (6)
srimanta
Fantastic shot Leonardo.... excellent.... congrats... :)Sri
ChunXingWong
Looks like a fusion between a Tree Trunk Spider and a Huntsman Spider. I cannot think of a better ID than that.
LaurenZarate
Remarkable camouflage! I thought at first it was a picture of Lepidoptera frass and had to blow it up to find the spider!
Zerinity
That is some amazing camouflage.

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 6, 2013

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