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Abandoned-web Orb-weaver Spider

Parawixia dehaani

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

It looked just like the dried pod of a large cardamom. I stopped to look because it was suspended in space (not really; the web was so fine so as to be almost invisible) The web was an orb. Is it just me or can you see a skull-like shape on the dorsal surface; like two eyes and a gaping mouth?

Habitat:

Just outside the boundary wall of a residential plot of land; sold but still no construction. Area is weed infested.I pass it everyday on my walk.

Notes:

I saw it once before but this one is a better photo.

Reference Links:

Parawixia dehaani - Wikipedia, Abandoned-web Orb-weaver | Project Noah

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Comments (5)
SukanyaDatta
Not just a smiley...I laughed out loud. We say, JIO. Meaning Long live. Jio PN!!!
Mark Ridgway
I just searched googs images for 'orb weavers kolkata' and I saw one that looked very similar to this. Lo and behold it was on PN and even Loer and Beholder it was one of yours. Now for the smilie face... 😀
SukanyaDatta
Thanks, Mark...the grinning skull thingy just dazzled me I guess; I looked it is there but not so prominent in my first spotting. Thank you, so much...how did you remember??? Or maybe it is more common down under? Wikipedia does say the common name is from Australia...
Mark Ridgway
Similar to your Parawixia dehaani (abandoned)
Neil Ross
Wow, that's a bizarre spider! Nice spotting, Sukanya.

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Mission
International Spider Survey
Mission
Spiders of India
Mission
Biodiversity of West Bengal, India
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 15, 2019

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