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Leaf Curling Spider
Phonognatha graeffei
-31.72, 116.11
Field Notes
Description:
A spider web with a dry leaf retreat at the centre, the spider was carrying a prey. The spider has brown legs and brown thorax.
Habitat:
Dry area next to Perth.
Notes:
The female spider build the retreat and egg-sac by curling dry leaf.
They stay inside their retreat, put their forelegs on their web and sense if any prey come into their web. If disturbed, they quickly hide inside the retreat.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Phonognatha
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 8, 2019
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