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Bird Dropping Spider

Celaenia excavata

Photo by peter.winters
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Spider and egg sacks, spider is the shape in the front with white on it.

Species ID Suggestions

Bird Dropping Spider

Celaenia excavata

Reference Link
Leuba Ridgway
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Comments (2)
Leuba Ridgway
Great spotting Peter ! I've seen only of this size before and it's unbelievable how so very like bird-dropping they are.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2014

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