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Russian Tent Spider

Cyrtophora parnasia

Photo by Christiane
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Field Notes

Notes:

The Russian Tent Spider is a rarely seen small pale spider with an oval body usually hiding in the white cap at the top of the tent-like web.

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Russian Tent Spider -Cyrtophora parnasia

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Comments (3)
Christiane
Wow .. Thank Ava I did not know this.. I have so many photos of these beautiful tents.. I will find some more. Thanks StephenSolomons..
Ava T-B
Congratulations Christiane, this is the only Russian Tent Spider (Cyrtophora parnasia) on PN to date!

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Wilds of South-East Queensland
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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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PublishedNovember 21, 2013

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