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Curved Spiny Spider

Gasteracantha arcuata

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

extremely long horns on this small spider

Habitat:

tropical rainforest

Notes:

I spotted this in Ujung Kulon national park.

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Comments (2)
Dan Doucette
Me too Sigg. They don't seem to make sense. When you hold them in your hand they just repeatedly fall over.
SG in CR
Makes me wonder why they evolved to have such a massive set of "horns". Impressive specimen.

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PublishedSeptember 20, 2014

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