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Photo by bkbakgibbs
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Field Notes

Description:

Spider with perfectly shaped photosensitive reflector on abdomen

Habitat:

Rain forest at Trafalgar Falls on island of Dominica

Species ID Suggestions

Long jawed orb-weaver

Leucauge argyra

Reference Link
Ornithoptera80
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Comments (2)
bkbakgibbs
Thank you for those suggestions. It might be something different as that species doesn't have a perfectly shaped photosensitive cell on its abdomen.
HemaShah
Great piece of information on the photosensitive receptor.!! Welcome to Project Noah. Do you have two accounts?
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PublishedMay 15, 2020

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