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Photo by Felix Fleck
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Description:

Small orb-weaver (4mm body length), red with two short protrusions on each side of the abdomen, and two black spots towards the tip; legs are dark with a bronze sheen. It had built its small orb web just a couple of inches above ground at the base of an old tree stump.

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest in the Ecuadorian Amazon region.

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The Color Red
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Animals of the Ecuadorian Amazon

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PublishedSeptember 18, 2016

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