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Photo by Scott Frazier

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Field Notes

Description:

Resembles some images of Eriovixia laglaizei http://www.flickr.com/photos/14096272@N07/3271423187 This spider species appears to be active at night (See previous night spotting here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/47566033 ) but it was spotted here waiting out the day hiding among twin cicada exuviae. It bears some morphological similarities to a spiny orb-weaver.

Habitat:

Spotted on a leaf of Piper betle in a large semi-urban yard & garden near a disturbed patch of remnant forest, in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.

Reference Links:

The World's newest photos of eriovixia - Flickr Hive Mind

Species ID Suggestions

Orb Weaver

Eriovixia sp.

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Just a coincidence, sharing a leaf with molted exoskeletons :-)

Very interesting shot Scott. Are those molted skins or past meals?

Thanks Atul

http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Eriovixia_laglaisei.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickadel/8296858708/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickadel/9341279517/ hope these help :)

Thanks, Gilma

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Very spiky spider, nice pictures with the cicadas.

Thanks very much, Atul! It does look like Eriovixia sp. Did you have a close link to pass on? Yes I mentioned it was the same on the other spotting.

This is such a beautiful spotting Scott. your other spotting also looks to be the same Spider.

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