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nephilid spider
Nephilengys borbonica
-18.9317, 48.4204
Field Notes
Description:
The color of the abdomen ranges from dark grey to brown or purple. While the sternum is not red in most specimens, it is so in some females from Madagascar, and all studied females from the Comoro Islands. Female abdomen color Madagascar ranges from white though creamy brown to purple.
Habitat:
rainforest
Notes:
Spotted this in a tree the parking lot of the visitors centre in Andasibe Mantidia National Park.
Reference Links:
Nephilengys borbonica
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