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Crab Spider

Runcinia acuminata

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found among grass stems on a remnant coastal dry forest ridge

Notes:

The Leucauge granulata or Silver Orb Weaver is the smaller spider and normally hangs beneath a complex web among the grasses or twigs. It appears the wind blew her web against a grass stem and destroyed it. As she clung there she was captured by the Crab Spider which was hunting its normal habitat.

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Runcinia acuminata, Crab spiders

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International Spider Survey
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Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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Hunters & Animal Food Habits
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Flora & Fauna of New South Wales

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PublishedOctober 12, 2013

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