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Knobbly Crab Spider

Stephanopis altifrons

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A medium sized robust spider with a very rough appearance resembling the bark of certain trees. They are usually approx. 40mm spread. They often choose to nest in the hollow of a lost tree branch which has formed a shallow circular dent.

Habitat:

Very coarse barked trees such as casuarina, some pines, some acacia, not often on eucalyptus. This one is on a casuarina (Casuarina obesa?)

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Knobbly Crab Spider - Stephanopis altifrons

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
MartinL
It's named very well. How perfectly it blends into the Casuarina. (I was going to call it a cork oak until I read your ID for the tree.)

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International Spider Survey
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Mimetic Animals of the World
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2012

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