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Tropical Tent-web Spider

Cyrtophora citricola

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

mangroves, wooded areas, suburbs

Notes:

This one was seen in mangroves. Most visible is the web the spider is the blurry brown mass in the center, sorry for the lousy pic.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
LivanEscudero
Yes! actually when taking the pic I hadn't noticed the spider at all and was trying to photograph the web itself. It is like a fine mesh, almost like a mosquito net, and very intricate (3-D) not like the one planar orb weavers.

Spotted for Missions

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International Spider Survey
Mission
Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
Mission
Spiders of Florida
Photographed
PublishedJanuary 4, 2012

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